Reacher's Alan Ritchson Reveals On-Set Injury That Required Surgery

Alan Ritchson is opening up about an injury.

The 37-year-old star spoke to Variety about the Amazon series Reacher in an interview.

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“I love this character,” he said of playing Jack Reacher in the series, based on the bestselling Jack Reacher book series.

“And especially for novels…there’s no better medium than eight to 10 episodes. It’s the right amount of time to tell these stories.”

He also had to put on 30 pounds and do extensive fight training to take on the role.

“I had to eat a lot of pizza to bulk up for this role…I started working out a little more and stepping into that famous Reacher silhouette. And then the fight training was another level,” he said.

“Reacher’s a heavy yoke to wear, he left me a little wounded. I broke a joint, my AC joint in the shoulder. I had surgery when we wrapped… [And] I tore an oblique in a fight on set. It was rough, but I got through it and I feel better than ever now. Hopefully, we can do many more. I’ll put those scars behind me,” he went on to reveal.

It was also revealed that his family was just involved in something scary as well.