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‘Reacher’ Star Alan Ritchson Admits He Lost Out on This Huge Role Because of a Bad Attitude · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Alan Richson has cemented
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  Speaker 1: his status as an actor worthy of action hero roles
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  Speaker 1: thanks to the success of his hit Prime video show Reacher,
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  Speaker 1: but he confessed to men's health long before Reacher. He
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  Speaker 1: lost out on a huge opportunity to play another tough
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  Speaker 1: guy fans no thor. He says, I didn't take it seriously.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, they'll throw me the part if I
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  Speaker 1: look like the guy. Nobody really cares about acting in
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  Speaker 1: these kinds of movies, and Alan was half right. He'd
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  Speaker 1: later learned the role was his to lose, which he
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  Speaker 1: did because he didn't seem committed to his craft. To
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  Speaker 1: the benefit of Chris Hemsworth. It wasn't an easy lesson
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  Speaker 1: for Richmond to stomach, but he got the message loud
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  Speaker 1: and clear and humbly devoted himself to bettering his acting
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  Speaker 1: and its physique. But the reward didn't come quickly. Richson
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  Speaker 1: heard many no's missing out on big roles like the
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  Speaker 1: Hunger Games before eventually landing the lead in Reacher. Alan
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  Speaker 1: adds with a smile. I had literally about fifty offers
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  Speaker 1: for roles the weekend after season one of Richard debuted
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  Speaker 1: I knew my life had finally changed. You can check
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  Speaker 1: out season two of Reach from Prime Video that's direct
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  Speaker 1: from Hollywood