28-03-2025
Reacher's Paulie Fight Knocked Alan Ritchson Out for ‘a Day and a Half'
Alan Ritchson revealed that he became unconscious while filming the brutal fight between his titular character and Olivier Richters' Paul 'Paulie' Van Hoven for the Season 3 finale. The incident took place while shooting one of the early scenes of the sequence. Ritchson had insisted that he would do his own stunts and had the camera on right on his face for the scene, despite objections from his team. Following the incident, Ritchson didn't wake up for 'a day and a half.'
Ritchson disclosed that he lost consciousness while filming the climactic fight scene between Reacher and Paulie with co-star Olivier Richters in the Season 3 finale of the Prime Video series.
While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Ritchson explained that he came up with the idea of having the camera on his face while shooting this particular scene so that the audience would 'know that I'm doing this for us. I'm taking one for Reacher and we're all in this together.'
However, Ritchson's team objected to the prospect of him filming the scene himself and wanted a stunt person to do it. They also advocated for putting the camera on the floor. According to the actor, he and his team had a 'huge fight' over it, but he ultimately 'won' the argument. He recalled his team reluctantly telling him, 'You better not die because we said you're going to die, and we tried to warn you.'
Ritchson said that he 'went through the seventh circle of hell' after Richters put him through the table. After regaining consciousness, Ritchson spoke to his children and assured them that he was alright. He added, 'It was the worst few minutes of my life.'
Notably, Reacher and his bigger, taller, and heavier opponent Paulie have their final fight in the Season 3 finale. It goes back and forth, with both parties growing increasingly frustrated that the other person refuses to die. Eventually, Reacher tricks Paulie into fatally shooting himself by plugging the barrel of the gun that the other man tries to shoot him with. Reacher almost ends up with a broken back and a few loose teeth, but he's the last man standing.
All three seasons of Reacher are currently available on Prime Video, and a fourth season has been announced.
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