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Alan Ritchson took the long way to stardom, acting for almost 20 years straight before he landed the starring role in “Reacher.” Between 2006, when he portrayed Arthur Curry\/Aquaman on “Smallville,” and his 2022 debut as the ex-military policeman in Prime Video’s popular series, Ritchson had a career that’s nothing short of fascinating. There are even two separate “American Idol” bids hidden in the man’s oeuvre, alongside an appearance in one of the worst shows ever<\/a>. But he also took time to produce a Kristen Stewart-led thriller in the form of “Seberg,” which represents just as much of an outlier in the Ritchson canon as his starring role in a grindhouse-inspired sci-fi series that deserved more time<\/a>.<\/p>\n To be clear, the “Reacher” star didn’t actually appear in “Seberg,” but he did help produce the 2019 political thriller. Directed by Australian filmmaker Benedict Andrews, who previously oversaw the 2016 Rooney Mara-starring drama “Una,” “Seberg” told the real-life story of Jean Seberg (Stewart) and the FBI’s attempts to silence and intimidate the actress following her support of the Civil Rights movement and romantic involvement with Black Panther member Hakim Jamal (Anthony Mackie). The movie also starred Jack O’Connell as FBI agent Jack Solomon and Margaret Qualley as his wife, Linette. Vince Vaughn plays agent Carl Kowalski, who’s assigned alongside Solomon to surveil Seberg via the FBI’s COINTELPRO program \u2014 a real-life surveillance project that ran from 1956 to 1971.<\/p>\n “Seberg” premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival ahead of its United States release on February 21, 2020. Despite a standout performance from Stewart, however, the film fared poorly with critics.<\/p>\n