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Originally Posted by listopencil
I still don't think anyone has really nailed Jack Ryan yet but I enjoyed Baldwin's take. I didn't mind the other actors really...I just wasn't all that impressed with their interpretations. Not so much a negative reaction to them, a just a "meh." But something about Krasinski in that trailer. I just have this feeling that he's nailing it.
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Post necromancy but I think Baldwin exactly nailed it. He brought the right amount of quiet confidence mixed with nervous energy. The great thing about the Ryan novels is how they celebrate competence. Or more accurately,
excellence.
Jack isn't some guy who ascending through happenstance. He's not an everyman just doing his job. He's BRILLIANT. And he's driven and focused. He got where he got by being a truly remarkable person.
Baldwin, removing the person for a moment, absolutely projects that. He played the part as a relative neophyte with exceptional tools. It was Jack's Patrick Mahomes 2018 season where he was getting by on skills vs. savvy.
I think Krasinski could've done that. But he hasn't. Because they just messed up the character something awful, IMO.