Smulders is showing audiences a side of her they haven't seen before in the Jack Reacher follow-up, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.

To paraphrase all those singing nuns, how do you solve a problem like Jack Reacher ... "I had a wonderful time working with Cobie Smulders, and I certainly don't blame Tom for not being six ...

Tom Cruise, Patrick Heusinger, Cobie Smulders, Holt McCallany, Austin Hebert, Robert Catrini, Aldis Hodge, and Danika Yarosh. Produced by Tom Cruise Pictures. Shoots Oct. 19–Jan. 19 in New Orleans.

for thinking the audience might enjoy a mash-up of ‘Jack Reacher’ and ‘Paper Moon,’ when in fact they just wanted more red meat. I had a wonderful time working with Cobie Smulders ...