Patrick Pinckney

Alan Ritchson says his heart pounded so hard during his screen test for Reacher that it almost cost him the role. "I was never supposed to be Reacher. The character was meant to be 6'5" and I'm 6'3", so I was automatically out." "We were screen testing during COVID, and I was cheating a bit because I had this great setup in my house with an amazing film camera and lights. I even miked myself up." "I did the scene and it went really well, but then Don Granger from Skydance was like, ‘That was a little distracting. Did you guys hear what sounded like drums or something?’" "The showrunner, Nick Santora, said, ‘It almost sounded like a heartbeat to me. That's all I could hear.’ Then they asked me, ‘Are you wearing a microphone?’" “I told them no, snuck off-camera, and ripped the microphone off. I went back in, and ended up getting the part. I got incredibly lucky, but I almost completely lost it.”