They hired midgets to make him look bigger than he really is. That actor suffers from Arnold Swarzenegger'itis. They pulled the same shit on him, trying to make him look bigger on the big screen.
I remember Arnold meeting some huge muthafuckah and this 7 feet dude being absolutely surprised that Arnold (6'2 or something?) was smaller than him.
Bet a lot of you are taller than this Hollywoke steroid junkie in Reacher, including me. :')
The show is nothing more than niche 'dad television', anyway. Men are now an under-served demographic and we're supposed to play second fiddle and entertain ourselves with 21st century Ally McBeal garbage. And wait for the occasional bone they'll throw our way, like Reacher. And, of course, it's riddled with modern-day agitprop.
Current day Hollywoke needs to be dismantled, brick by brick. Nukes need to go off.
In a lot of Tom Cruise movies they would stand him on a little box when he was next to the female lead so he looked taller than her.
If you know to look for it you can tell based on the blocking when they’re doing it.
Here's a fun one, Tom Cruise is almost the same height as Sly Stallone.