Reacher, known for starring a man who is famously large, has now cast someone even larger.

That is part of the adaptation of the book Persuader, which will be the basis for season 3. In that book, Reacher meets Zachary Beck, played by Anthomy Michael Hall, who employs a “deranged bodybuilder bodyguard” named Paulie.

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“He was a very big guy. I stand six feet five inches tall and I have to center myself quite carefully to walk through a standard thirty-inch doorway. This guy was at least six inches taller than me and probably ten inches wider across the shoulders. He probably outweighed me by two hundred pounds. Maybe by more.”

And I mean, if you’ve seen Reacher, you know how big Alan Ritchson looks in the role, so this guy is supposed to be what, 6’11, 450 pounds, at least? Well uh, about that.

The show has cast Olivier Richters, nicknamed “The Dutch Giant,” because well:

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Olivier Richters, OLIVIER RICHTERS

Richters is a bodybuilder and actor, and in real life is 7’2 and 353 pounds. So he’s not going to outweigh Ritchson by 200 pounds, but he’s going to be way, way taller. You also may not know that as jacked as Ritchson is in the show, he’s actually 6’3, tall but not enormous, and he often looks bigger due to the way the show is shot.

Obviously, without knowing what happens in the book, this is going to result in one hell of an epic fight scene (or two, or three) during the season. I do hope that the choreography improves from season 2, where it was much better in season 1. I think it would help if Reacher no longer has a “team” that’s also all fighting at the same time.

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Olivier Richters

OLIVIER RICHTERS
You have definitely seen Richters as “extremely scary big guy” in a bunch of movies. He was in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Black Widow. The King’s Man, Miami Heat and now this meay end up being his highest profile role. I’m having flashbacks to real-life strongman Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson back when he was The Mountain in Game of Thrones. And guess what? This guy is four inches taller.

Really looking forward to seeing Richters in action here in season 3, which does not have a release date yet, but as the cast comes together, hopefully we know more soon.