Why The Gray Man Never Calls Sierra Six By His Real Name
Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Gray Man
Why The Gray Man never calls Sierra Six by his real name. The Gray Man — the action thriller starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas — is Netflix’s most expensive film production to date. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, and based on the 2009 novel by Mark Greaney, the film adapts many of the story elements from the source material, but there is one major change regarding the titular character’s name.
The Gray Man is an espionage film that sees its protagonist Sierra Six (aka, the Gray Man), played by Gosling, on the run for his life. Released from prison nearly two decades prior, Sierra Six was trained as a black ops mercenary with the CIA to carry out off-the-record missions. He existed in the gray area of the agency’s protocols and laws, which is why his title moniker is given. More often than not, however, the assassin is referred to by his given CIA name — Sierra Six. Even the closest people to the mercenary, including Donald Fitzroy and his niece Claire, call him “Six” for short, but never by his real name, which is never mentioned in The Gray Man.
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While Greaney’s novels mention Sierra Six’s real name, it’s possible the movie avoided calling him by his birth name because it wanted to maintain the intrigue and mystery surrounding his character. After all, Sierra Six operated in the shadows and there was no formal CIA agent record or international presence, his identity wiped completely to prevent any of his enemies from blackmailing him or kidnapping someone he knows as collateral. The name Sierra Six certainly adds to the mystique of it all, and it’s not
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