Alan Ritchson Recalls Stripping Down for Key Scene in 'Reacher' Season 3 - 'It Was Tough'

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Alan Ritchson opened up about filming a “tough” scene for the third season of his hit show Reacher, and it entailed taking off most of his clothes.

The 42-year-old actor returns to Prime Video on February 20 with new episodes of the show. In an interview ahead of the premiere, he broke down a scene that’s coming in the third episode and said that it was something that he hoped to “skip.” Alan explained why and broke down what it was like to film it. WARING: There are spoilers ahead! Keep reading to find out more… In an interview with EW, Alan noted that the scene is one that was originally included in the books that Reacher is based on.

In the scene, he sneaks away from his enemies by stripping down and swimming away. “Having read the book and enjoying it, that was the one [part] that I was like, ‘I hope we skip over that,’” he told the outlet. “Maybe [Reacher] just crawls across the lawn, maybe he stays on the grass.

But no, we actually built most of that world in a gigantic indoor pool. We had a wave-maker.” He added that filming the scene “was tough.” “That water work was pretty tricky, and stripping down and crawling across those cold, wet rocks naked was not the funnest for me and for just about anybody watching — but we did it because we love the show,” he said, adding that he was amazed by the budget that was spent on the scene. Alan said, “I had some guys visit that have been on $400 million sets, like Aquaman, and sets that are just huge water world sets, and they’re like, ‘I’ve never seen anything like this for a water stunt,’” he says. “So yeah, it was crazy.” If you missed it, Alan recently slammed a controversial politician who he went to school with.