Jack Reacher (2012) and Once (2007)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

It's been over a decade since the debate first ignited: is Tom Cruise the right person to play the character of Jack Reacher? The answer came originally in the form of a 2012 movie, although the first big screen outing for Lee Child's famous character had been in development for well over a decade by that point. In the end, Werner Herzog was recruited too. But it was the choice of director that would have a lasting impact on Tom Cruise's career. The film Once though had barely any expectations on it, even for a cinema release. A few screens in Dublin, maybe? And when Cillian Murphy left the film, it looked like the tiny budget would fall away anyway. What happened next? Well it was that rarest of movie fairytales... --- Find Simon on Twitter and Bluesky at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What kind of weekend are you in the mood for?
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0:06.0	Whether that be two days of twists and turns with only murders in the building,
0:11.0	drama and fine dining with The Bear,
0:13.0	or a journey back to feudal Japan with Shogun.
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0:27.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:29.6	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine
0:31.4	and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
0:34.9	Bit good news to share as well.
0:36.6	I've been hiring for an assistant on the
0:38.8	podcast and I'd like to just find out from the final candidate how he got quite so far in the process.
0:46.3	I was in prison in Siberia. I spent my first winter wearing a dead man's coat, a hole in one pocket.
0:55.0	I'd shoot these fingers off before the frostbite could turn to gang green.
1:01.0	These I gave up to avoid working in the sulphur mine.
1:07.0	That is how I survived when so many others did not.
1:12.6	Just a quick update on the process.
1:15.0	I've decided not to hire an assistant.
1:17.2	Come with me.
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