How Alan Ritchson Paid the Price fo Film Reacher Season 3’s Epic Fight Scene

By Khumaer Bayas On Feb 21, 2025

Reacher star Alan Ritchson opens up about the “three hardest weeks” of his life filming the series’ hotly anticipated fight scene.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Ritchson was asked about the process behind filming the impending fight scene between himself and the towering Olivier Richters’ Paulie, as well as how much preparation went into the sequence. “He’s a beast, and looking up at him is a little intimidating,” Ritchson said of Richters. “He worked really hard. He spent, I think, four months preparing just to get his fight skills where he felt they needed to be. He showed up really ready.”

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“Over the course of the season, there’s a lot of tension mounting between these two characters, and it all comes to a head with this one grand fight that took three weeks for us to film,” Ritchson continued. “Those were the three hardest weeks of my life. I mean, both of us were broken and battered and had bone breaks and tendon tears by the end. It was a really difficult thing to get through. But it was also really rewarding. The audience hasn’t really gotten to experience anything quite like this. Reacher usually handles himself really easily and it’s anything but this season. I think people will really enjoy it.”

I think people will really enjoy it.

The latest in a long line of live-action adaptations of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series of novels, Amazon MGM Studios’ Reacher premiered on Prime Video in 2022 to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. Reacher stars Ritchson in the role of its titular protagonist, a retired U.S. Army military police major who lives as a vagabond while putting his investigative, tactical, and combat prowess to use solving various crimes and uncovering underworld conspiracies. Reacher also premiered with a core ensemble cast including Malcolm Goodwin as Margrave Police Captain and Chief Detective Oscar Finlay and Willa Fitzgerald as Sergeant Conklin, The series’ second season premiered in 2023, maintaining Reacher‘s trend of being lauded by fans and cementing the production of its recently released third season.

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Reacher is currently available for streaming on Prime Video.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Reacher

Release Date: February 3, 2022
Network: Prime Video
Showrunner: Nick Santora
Directors: Omar Madha, Carol Banker, Julian Holmes, Lin Oeding, M.J. Bassett, Norberto Barba, Stephen Surjik, Thomas Vincent
Writers: Cait Duffy

Alan Ritchson

Jack Reacher
Maria Sten

Frances Neagley

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