Jay Baruchel is dropping out of Reacher season 4.
The 43-year-old actor was announced to be joining the cast of Reacher as small-town police officer Jacob Merrick earlier this month. On Friday (June 27), Entertainment Weekly reported that Jay was forced to drop out of the series.
According to EW, Jay had to drop out of the series so suddenly “to a personal matter.” Following his departure, the role has already been recast.
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Barry actor Chris Marquette will be taking over the role of Jacob Merrick following Jay‘s departure.
The character is one that was created by Lee Child for his Jack Reacher book series. The new season of Reacher will be based on the 13th book in the series which is the same book that debuts the character Jacob Merrick, a police officer who teams up with Jack Reacher in order to stop a dangerous conspiracy.
If you missed it, a Reacher spin-off is in the works!