American actor and filmmaker John Krasinski first gained recognition for his work as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013). Around that time, the actor ventured into filmmaking and created 2009’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. In recent years, Krasinski became popular among a wider audience because of 2018’s A Quiet Place, which he co-wrote, directed, and starred in alongside his wife, actress Emily Blunt.
The actor once revealed that he rewrote the entire script of the movie because of his and Blunt’s second daughter, Violet. The actor once again started from scratch considering how a family would survive in a world like that, however, Krasinski was worried that he would ruin the screenplay. Thankfully, everything turned out well as A Quiet Place was a massive hit.
John Krasinski was worried he ruined A Quiet Place‘s screenplay after he rewrote the script
In 2019, actor, director, and writer John Krasinski appeared on The Hollywood Reporter‘s Writers Roundtable alongside Bo Burnham, Tamara Jenkins, Peter Farrelly, and Eric Roth. During the interview, Krasinski was asked if he was worried that he ruined the screenplay after he rewrote the script of 2018’s A Quiet Place. The actor replied,
“Absolutely, yeah, because to me it was a high-wire act and I’m sure everybody can agree there’s something about the high-wire act that’s so much more appealing than the easy one and, so I was terrified of sound being not only a main character – but the main character. I was also so excited by it and was really nice to be a part of a movie.”
Initially, Krasinski wrote the screenplay with Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, but then Krasinski was appealed by the concept of parents protecting their children, so he rewrote the film and became the director.
A Quiet Place was a “love letter” for John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s kids
During the conversation, Krasinski said that he explained his vision to his wife, Emily Blunt, stating that the movie could be a “love letter” for their kids as Krasinski focused on parents protecting their children in the new script. The actor recalled,
“I pitched my wife, I said, ‘I think I can rewrite this script and make it about our kids, it’s a love letter to our kids’ and she’s like, ‘The one about creatures killing everything?'” adding, “She was actually the one who said then you have to direct it because I pitched her in about three hours and she said, ‘You have to go direct the movie.'”
Krasinski’s A Quiet Place was well received by the fans, grossed more than $350 million worldwide, and was nominated for several prestigious awards. Thanks to its success, a sequel, A Quiet Place Part II, was created and released in 2020.
