Before Alan Richson Could play Jackec RicerHe played an even worse face named Tad Castle. Tad is a college footballer who is hyper, high strict and prone to homo-erotic behavior. He disturbs the rest of the team with his over-competitive ways and his tendency to scream with high-shaped voice, but still proves his value as a friend and teammate for a once episode (usually near the end of it). Tad was Richson's first role in the TV series; Believe it or not, he did not feel too convinced that the role would last.

"I'm not sure my character had to grow on the show," Richson explained in 2024 Hollywood reporter Interview. "I think he was supposed to be an antagonistic character for a season. So I felt like my job was in danger every day. I went to work with the intention of stealing every scene and filling every frame in a way to notice. That way, my presence would miss if I wasn't there." Richson's fear of being replaced or written has become a problem behind the scenes, as the rest of the cast has been upset with his attempts to maintain the focus on himself.

"Would I shouted all the time, and they would say," I will just sit still, "Richson recalls. But as all the "Blue Mountain" fans know, his depiction paid off: Tad was an undeniable favorite of the fans, and he soon became the franchise face despite being not even the main character. "The whole conflict and tension and pain I experienced from being called, because it was right for the audience, what I wanted to be as crazy," Richson said.

Thanks to becoming a reasonable character of the show, Tad helped the "Blue Mountain State" do it for up to three seasons. Thanks to the Kickstarter campaign of nearly $ 2 million from fans, Ritson starred in his standalone film "Tadland's rise" in 2016. The film has never received a big release of the theater, but the fact that there is at all is a nice testimony to its importance in the original series.

Since then, Richson has starred in countless projects - from "Brooklyn 99" to “A black mirror"-Before settling in full role as Jackack Reacher. But although" Reacher "is an undeniable success of a TV show that is likely to last countless years, Richson spoke a lot in interviews of concern that he was not doing enough." I want to make sure I respect fans and never got out of the story, because I'm someone who doesn't work with what I like? Black film and TV (through YouTube). "And I'm a fan of this series, so I want to make sure that fans are happy and I'm proud of the job." That's the attitude he holds for a long time, as is clear in one of his interviews as early as 2013: "It is no longer good for me to be just a working actor," he told And the magazine "Man". "I want to build a reputation to be the best in bringing the character to life."