"n an interview with the AV Club that ran through his past roles, Ciarán Hinds made a revealing statement about his participation on the last installment in the Jack Ryan movie, "The Sum of All Fears." He recalled coming up to director Phil Alden Robinson on the second day of the shoot and saying "It's lovely to meet you and thank you. I don't know how I got this job." Robinson's all-too-believable response: "I don't know why they asked me to direct this film, either." That desultoriness perfectly characterizes the Jack Ryan movies, a series based on the Tom Clancy character that seems to have proceeded more from inertia than anything else. Unlike the smooth, interlocking machine that is the "Bourne" trilogy, the Jack Ryan movies have gone through three actors and directors, separated by 12 years, and are about to be rebooted again, probably with Chris Pine succeeding Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. It's easy to imagine some overqualified supporting actor on the eventual set having the same conversation Hinds did with whoever ends up directing." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Such a shame, too, because he's a kickass character. - ωαřмaiden BrokerPokerface

Yes he is. - DB Botts - Just DB Botts