Amazon’s ‘Jack Ryan’ Embraces Its Title Character as a Classic Everyman

The upcoming series will take Tom Clancy’s literary hero back to basics and hopefully approaches his espionage story from an angle of nuance.

John Krasinski has made a career out of playing the everyman. He’s still mostly known to the masses as Jim Halpert on NBC’s The Office, the textbook personification of an average joe. His latest directorial effort, A Quiet Place, focuses on an otherwise regular family doing everything they can to survive an alien-infested post-apocalyptic landscape. And as Krasinski embarks on a journey of potentially superheroic proportions in Amazon’s new Jack Ryan series, he’s definitely still taking these relatable, likable qualities with him — even into the realm of fighting terrorism.

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan will be the first television offering for the beloved literary character. The 10-episode series will depict the title character stumbling into a new all-original adventure. Upon coming across some questionable bank transfers, Jack ends up finding more than he bargained for. He is forced out of a desk job into the real world of espionage to neutralize a global terrorist before they can attack the United States and its allies.

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