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Reacher Season 3: The Dutch Giant's Paulie Is Ready To Throw Down

"The Dutch Giant" Olivier Richters (aka Paulie) thanked the Reacher Season 3 team for the opportunity - and sent a "warning" to Jack.

If you're a fan of Prime Video's Alan Ritchson-starring series adaptation of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels, then you've been having a pretty good weekend. During CCXP Brazil 2024, we were treated to an official Season 3 teaser and the announcement that the hit series would be back with a three-episode return on Thursday, February 20, 2025. What got a lot of attention in the teaser (which you can check out above) was seeing Jack (Ritchson) having to face off with someone he literally looks up to – "The Dutch Giant" Olivier Richters (Black Widow, Borderlands), aka bodyguard Paulie. In Child's novel Persuader, Jack describes Paulie: "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." Now, we're getting a chance to hear from Richters, who offers a "warning" and thanks the team for giving him the opportunity – noting that it's "My best work so far."

"The Dutch Giant VS Reacher (Season 3). It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of gum. Release date: Februari 20th on [Prime Video]. With [Alan Ritchson]. Meet Paulie, my character in Season 3 of Reacher! In the book 'Persuader,' he is called "freak of nature". My best work so far. Special thanks to everyone on 'Reacher' who gave me this chance to shine," Richters wrote in his Instagram post – here's a look:

Here's a look at Richters' post from earlier this year, checking in from behind the scenes – and let's just say that "Paulie" was having his pick of trailers by "marking" his territory – and putting Jack Reacher on notice:

Reacher Season 3: Some Things You Should Know…

Back in January 2024, we learned that the third season would be tackling Lee Child's seventh novel, 2003's Persuader, with Reacher going undercover to rescue an informant held by a haunting foe from his past. In February, we learned that Anthony Michael Hall & Sonya Cassidy were joining Ritchson and the returning Maria Sten (Frances Neagley) during the currently-in-production season. Hall's Zachary Beck is a formidable & successful businessman  – and a widow and single father of a 20-year-old son, Richard – who owns a rug import company that Reacher believes is a cover for some shady dealings. Cassidy's Susan Duffy is an extremely intelligent and tough DEA agent from Boston with a sharp and sarcastic sense of humor.

In March 2024, we learned that Brian Tee had joined the cast in the series regular role of Quinn. A physically imposing and intimidating character, Quinn was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army whom Reacher (Ritchson) investigated a decade prior when he sold military secrets to hostile nations. In addition, Johnny Berchtold was cast in the series regular role of Richard Beck, a sensitive and artistic college student who lost his mother when he was young and is the only son of businessman Zachary Beck (Hall). Five years ago, he was the victim of a traumatic kidnapping that left him mutilated.

Roberto Montesinos' series regular Guillermo Villanueva is a DEA agent on the verge of retirement who has served as the mentor and father figure of Agent Susan Duffy (Cassidy). Paunchy with bad knees and a good-natured sense of humor, Villanueva loves and cares about Duffy – even though they bust each other's chops all the time. Daniel David Stewart's recurring Steven Elliot is a clean-cut rookie DEA agent – a lovable guy who's fresh-faced, new to the job, and still learning. In addition, we learned that "The Dutch Giant" Olivier Richters (Black Widow, Borderlands) has joined the cast as Paulie – one of Beck's bodyguards and 7 feet, 2 inches of trouble for Jack.

"Neagley [returning] was a strategic decision. The one thing you cannot do on screen that you can in a book is have the inside of somebody's head. Reacher thinks a lot, and there are pages and pages of Reacher puzzling things out. You can't write an eight-minute scene with Alan Ritchson sitting there, thinking. So we needed a secondary character to bolster the exposition," Child explained during an interview with Empire Magazine. As for the series jumping around when it comes to the novels that it's choosing for its season's inspiration, Child explains that it makes perfect sense – and fits with the story they're trying to tell on the small screen. "There was no reason to do them in order. We had massive discussions about it. The thinking went like this: 'Killing Floor' introduces Reacher as a person. So, which book shows his professional life and what he did while he was in the Army? The result was 'Bad Luck And Trouble,'" the author added.

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