US Edition'Prophetic' John Krasinski Jack Ryan Venezuela Speech Goes Viral as Real-World Events Echo Fiction
Jack Ryan co-creator Carlton Cuse says the show’s Venezuela storyline focused on geopolitical plausibility amid the country’s strategic importance and long-term instability.
- On January 3, Jack Ryan co-creator Carlton Cuse reacted after fans linked a six-year-old clip to U.S. strikes capturing President Nicolás Maduro, driven by the Instagram reel `Venezuela explained` with nearly 40 million views.
- Carlton Cuse said `The goal of that season wasn’t prophecy it was plausibility`, explaining he and Graham Roland grounded the story in Venezuela's strategic relevance.
- During the season-2 lecture, the fictional Venezuelan President warned Venezuela is within 30-minute range of U.S. next-gen nuclear missiles, highlighting its strategic vulnerability.
- On Monday, Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores entered not-guilty pleas in Manhattan federal court, while United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of possible instability after the capture.
- Analysts note the humanitarian scale, with the UN refugee agency estimating nearly 8 million Venezuelans have left in recent years, while Jorge Heine said the oil issue is central and U.S. officials shifted messaging post-capture.
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What did Jack Ryan know about Venezuela? Spy show hero goes viral after Maduro capture
On the heels of the U.S. military attacks on Venezuela's capital over the weekend and the capture of president Nicolás Maduro, millions of people on social media are sharing a fictitious CIA analyst's insights on the South American petrostate.
In most cases, reality provides the material for Hollywood films. But sometimes it also seems to be the dream factory, which is one step ahead of reality. Just like the series "Jack Ryan", which addressed a possible US intervention in Venezuela years ago.
Carlton Cuse weighs in on 'prophecy' of 'Jack Ryan' predicting U.S. intervention in Venezuela
Fans of the series have pointed out remarkable parallels between a season 2 storyline and the Trump administration's current adventurism in Venezuela.Brian Ach/Getty; Jennifer Clasen/Amazon Carlton Cuse; John Krasinski on 'Jack Ryan'Key PointsJack Ryan fans have noted that season 2's Venezuela plot, and one scene featuring John Krasinski laying it out, bear remarkable similarities to the current U.S. intervention into the country."The fact is th…
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