{"id":164108,"date":"2023-10-06T15:49:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/us\/?p=164108"},"modified":"2023-10-06T15:49:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:49:56","slug":"is-john-w-creasy-from-man-on-fire-based-on-a-true-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/us\/is-john-w-creasy-from-man-on-fire-based-on-a-true-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Is John W Creasy from Man on Fire Based on a True Story?"},"content":{"rendered":"
John W. Creasy from Man on Fire<\/em> is not based on a true story, and the character is not a real person. However, the character of John and the entire story is from the novel of the same name written by English novelist Philip Nicholson, whose pen name is A. J. Quinnell.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The 2004 movie, which had Denzel Washington playing the role of John W. Creasy, a former CIA operative, is drawn on the aforementioned book, which was written and published in 1980. The portrayal of Creasy by Washington remains one of the most talked about aspects of the thriller movie, bringing up the question of whether he is only a fictional character or whether there was a point in the past when John W Creasy existed.<\/p>\n No, John W. Creasy is not a real individual based on true life events. Rather, he is only a fictional character who was created by A. J. Quinnell as one of the main characters of his 1980 novel Man on Fire<\/em>.<\/p>\n While he is not a real human, he is one of the most-known characters in Philip Nicholson’s books, having appeared in four more books. It is probably because of the popularity of the character in Man on Fire that he was reintroduced by Quinnell 12 years later. The next book that featured Creasy is The Perfect Kill,<\/em> which was published in 1992, and then a year later, in 1993, he was brought back for The Blue Ring<\/em>.<\/p>\n John W. Creasy found his way to Africa with A.J. Quinnell’s next book, Black Horn,<\/em> which was published in 1994, and then for the last time in Message from Hell,<\/em> which A.J. published in 1996.<\/p>\nIs John W Creasy’s Man on Fire Based on a True Story?<\/strong><\/h2>\n