The actor Alan Ritchson is best known for playing Jack Reacher, an ex-military nomad who negotiates suspicious and dangerous situations. But in his new film Ordinary Angels, Alan plays a father whose brawn is of little use in the face of his young daughter’s illness. He sits down with Tom Power to talk about playing a dad desperate to save his child, what it’s like to do a scene with an Oscar winner when you can tell she’s not sure about you, and why he wrote a letter to Tom Cruise when he booked Reacher.

00:00 - Ordinary Angels
05:45 - Working with Hilary Swank
08:40 - Getting into acting & American Idol
19:00 - Reacher & connecting with Tom Cruise
26:30 - Opening up

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