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Whether it be because he’s actually built like a superhero or because he’s taken on the personality of the character he plays, actor Alan Ritchson will apparently sometimes act like Jack Reacher in real life.
During a recent interview with Etalk Canada, the 41-year-old Reacher star detailed how he intervened in a car robbery while he and his wife were on their way to a dinner date.
“We [he and his wife] were on a date in Montreal, walking to a very nice dinner all dressed up, and we saw somebody breaking into a car,” Ritchson begins.
“And she put it together before I did because he was just hanging out with glass everywhere, ruining through somebody’s stuff and came out with all these bags. She goes, ‘I think he’s breaking into that car.’ And I was like, ‘By gosh, I think you’re right,’” he explains.
“And she goes, ‘Don’t do it!’. And I was like, Instant Reacher Mode, and I was like, ‘Some justice has to be done here.’ And I chased that dude like floor blocks and tossed that dude into a building until the cops came. She was very mad at me for not just taking her on our date — we got there eventually.”
Ritchson ought to be careful when it comes to injecting himself into dangerous situations as the former Blue Mountain State star is currently enjoying the most prolific period of his career.
Not only is he starring in Reacher, which has been a massive hit for Prime Video, but also made his debut in the Fast & Furious franchise last year and is now getting shouts from Marvel and DC fans to be cast as various heroes such as Sentry and Batman.
The first and second seasons of Reacher, which has already been renewed for a third, are now streaming on Prime Video.