- After learning that Tom Cruise played Jack Recher, fans of the novel set up a homepage on FaceBook. The name of this homepage is "Tom Cruise is not Jack Recher", to express their views on Krishnamurti. Ruth is dissatisfied with this character.
- In Lee Chad's original novel, Jack Recher is 6 feet 5 inches () tall and weighs between 210 pounds and 250 pounds (). And Tom Cruise's figure is far from the description in the original book.
- The film is the second directorial work of Christopher McCauley, the screenwriter of "The Very Suspect" and "The Target of Hitler".
- The first trailer for the film was announced on Tom Cruise's 50th birthday.
- Before Tom Cruise, actors such as Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Jimmy Fox, and Will Smith all went to the crew to audition for the role of Jack Recher.
Jack Reacher behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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The Zec: We'll see which one of us goes to prison.
Jack Reacher: My bet? Neither one.
[shoots the Zec in cold blood]
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Jack Reacher: [after killing Charlie in a brutal hand-to-hand fight, Reacher confronts Emerson, who is using Helen as a human shield] I know you're in there, Emerson. It was staring me right in the face. The one piece that just didn't fit. The quarter. Nobody would have thought to dump that meter. Not even me.
[Emerson fires at Reacher, but Reacher manages to shoot Emerson in the head, killing him]