Alan Ritchson of Reachor considered that his work was at risk daily in this series of comedy

Before Alan Ritchson could play Jack Reacher, he played an even more scary character named Thad Castle. Thad is a university football player who is hyper, roughly and subject to gay-erotic behavior. He annoys the rest of the team with his too competitive ways and his tendency to shout in a high voice, but nevertheless proves his value as an Imi and teammate once an episode (generally towards the end). Thad was Ritchson’s first major role in a television series; Believe it or not, it did not feel too confident that the role would last.

“I’m not sure that my character has ever been supposed to grow up in the series,” said Ritchson in an interview with Hollywood Reporter in 2024. “I think he was supposed to be an antagonistic character for a season. So I had the impression that my work was in danger every day. I launched myself to work with the intention of stealing every scene and in this way to point out. would miss if I was not there. ” The fear of Ritchson to be replaced or written has become a problem behind the scenes, while the rest of the cast was annoyed by his attempts to keep the accent on himself.

“I would be shouted at all the time, and they said:” Just from the F *** sitting “”, remembers Ritchson. But as all fans of “Blue Mountain State” know, his showboating paid: Thad was a favorite of undisputed fans, and he quickly became the face of the franchise although he is not even the main character. “All the conflicts, the tensions and the pain I felt by being screaming originally because it was just for the public, who loved how crazy I was,” said Ritchson.

Thanks to becoming the character of the show’s show, Thad helped “Blue Mountain State” reach three seasons. Thanks to a kickstarter campaign of nearly $ 2 million fans, Ritchson played in his autonomous film, “The Rise of Thadland”, in 2016. The film never obtained a big theater release, but the fact that there is a good testimony of its importance in the original series.

Since then, Ritchson has played in countless projects – from “Brooklyn 99” to “Black Mirror” – before settling in a full -time role as Jack Reacher. But, even if “Rewier” is an undeniable success of a television program which will probably continue for countless years, Ritchson has spoke a lot in the interviews to worry that he does not do enough. “I want to make sure that I honor the fans, and that they have never left the story because I am someone who does not work or who is looking for my lines, you know?” He said in an interview in 2022 with Black Film and TV (via YouTube). “I’m also a fan of this series, so I want to make sure that fans are happy and that I am proud of work as well.” This is an attitude that he has been maintained for a long time, as indicated clearly in one of his interviews in 2013: “It’s no longer good for me to be just an actor who works,” he told Da Man magazine. “I want to build a reputation to be the best to give life to a character.”