Reacher star Alan Ritchson says he lost Marvel role as he ‘didn’t take audition seriously’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Reacher actor Alan Ritchson has revealed he missed out on starring as a Marvel superhero because he didn’t take the audition “seriously”. Alan Ritchson in ‘Reacher’ Ritchson found success with Reacher, which has received critical acclaim and was the most streamed television series in the week the first season was released. Season one of Reacher was based on Lee Child’s debut novel, Killing Floor, published in 1997, but the second season jumped ahead and depicted events seen in 2007’s Bad Luck and Trouble, the 11th book in the series. Ritchson announced last month that season three will adapt Child’s novel Persuader, the seventh book in the Jack Reacher franchise that was published in 2003.