How The Cast Of Tom Clancy’s 'Jack Ryan' Feels John Krasinski’s Portrayal Will Be Remembered

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Interview with Michael Kelly and Wendell Pierce

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00:00 John Krasinski is the longest running actor to play Jack Ryan.

00:03 And besides that personal record, I was wondering what both of you will think his character

00:08 will be most remembered for or his portrayal specifically.

00:11 And Michael, start with you.

00:13 I think he will be remembered as the guy who did it the best.

00:17 I think maybe I'm biased.

00:20 You know, I love what those other guys did.

00:23 I think they were great.

00:24 But I think given, you know, John had a slight advantage in that we were able to do his story

00:29 in long format.

00:30 All the other guys had to do it in an hour and a half.

00:34 We were able to tell the story over four seasons of eight episodes a season or six a season,

00:39 whatever it is.

00:41 But to me, John, I felt brought not just the humanity of Jack Ryan and the intelligence

00:49 and he's an incredibly gifted action star as well.

00:55 But the humor, right?

00:56 Like he brings that little extra thing that I think that he does so well, the ability

01:02 to blend all three of those things, an action star, a funny and very connected to humanity

01:11 and the righteous way.

01:14 I think that he was able to blend those three perfectly.

01:17 And that's my that's my opinion is he is.

01:21 And sure, I might be biased, but I think he's the best one.

01:24 And John had the vision for the show.

01:25 Yeah, I mean, he's a producer on the show and he was able to pull together all the departments

01:32 and pull together all the actors and directors and the scripts.

01:36 And really, everyone shared the vision of of Jack Ryan and be able to do that in the

01:42 long form so you can take advantage of it so you don't have to sell any elements short,

01:48 really develop it in a way like a visual novel, knowing that the audience is going to stick

01:52 with you.

01:54 And he'll be remembered for that, pulling together the vision.

01:57 Oh, I think he'll be best remembered for his height.

02:02 No, I'm kidding.

02:06 He's you know, you can see them from across the country.

02:12 I think he's just got this way of bringing levity to quite severe, serious situations.

02:22 I think the the newer generations have had the luxury of content and news and being and

02:31 that sort of being filtered through a humorous lens, if that makes sense.

02:37 You know, the Jon Stewart shows and the and I'm trying to think of who else Trevor Noah

02:42 and you know, you have a lot of comedic news shows and you have a lot of information coming

02:47 at you that I think he's he's he's able to like operate on that wavelength that's quite

02:54 lightening quick and slightly funny.

02:56 Yeah, I mean, what like what a great character for him to play and embody.

03:02 And, you know, he's even later on in the seasons, you know, Jon was so integrated in terms of

03:09 the story and writing and co-creating, producing all of this kind of stuff.

03:14 So it really is an empire and I think he's a great Jack Ryan.

03:19 I think his cerebral nature, you know, he's a smart dude.

03:22 I first met Jon 20 years ago at Brown University, you know, and he's he's a smart guy, witty,

03:30 super sharp, as we all know, hard worker and a hard worker.

03:33 And I think that that's I think that's what people take from it.

03:37 There's always a little bit of a little sense of humor, even in the most dire situations.

03:43 And that's great.

03:44 It's super charming.

03:45 Well, I think it's the I mean, it's the fact of like, I don't know, maybe it has a little

03:50 bit something to do with his history, like he was on The Office, you know what I mean?

03:54 He was that guy.

03:55 And then he transitioned into the Jack Ryan of it all.

03:58 And it's still like, you know, maybe it's the perception of who he is and also who he

04:03 is as a person that I think he just fits this character perfectly.

04:07 Like when you when you see the first the first season and you see him in the in the boardroom

04:13 and he's coming up with these ideas like it's like you buy it, you know what I mean?

04:17 Like he's I buy that he's the smartest guy in the room.

04:19 Yeah.

04:20 Yeah.

04:21 That he's thinking outside the box and that he's getting, you know, different.

04:26 Everyone's looking at the same image, but he's getting something different out of it.

04:29 Like I love that.

04:30 And that's something that you still you know, you still see even in this season is that

04:36 it's hidden in plain sight, you know, and that and it's and that's what's great about

04:40 the show is that like you can solve it along with Jack if you can think like Jack.

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