John Krasinski is going where a lot of actors have gone before — into the lead role in “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.”
A buffed-up Krasinski, complete with six-pack abs but retaining the likability and charm he exuded as Jim on “The Office,” is stepping into the shoes worn by Alec Baldwin in “The Hunt for Red October,” Harrison Ford in “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger,” Ben Affleck in “The Sum of All Fears” and Chris Pine in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.” And he fills them very well.
This new eight-part series — which starts streaming Friday on Amazon Prime — casts Krasinski as a young version of Ryan.