John Krasinski: from the secondary character "Office" to the author of "Quiet place"

About John Krasinski talked about in 2018. First, he released his directorial project "quiet place", where he also played a major role, and several months later He has starred in the series "Jack Ryan" from Amazon, which has been previously extended for a second season even before the first premiere.

However, loyal fans know this talented actor for more than ten years. During this time he managed to go from being a hero romantic comedies to the director of independent films.

Actor

Office

The Office

• USA, 2005.
• Comedy, mockumentary satire.
• Duration: 9 seasons.
• IMDb: 8,8.

The series in the mockumentary format shooting is about the everyday life of employees office of Dunder Mifflin - paper products supplier. Each employee has its own history, problems and complexes. And we all have one obnoxious boss.

The first notable role Krasinski was the image of Jim Halpert in American remake series. This is a modest and charming a young man who is trying an affair with his secretary, but because of his indecision can not openly tell her about his feelings. Such an image attached to an actor, and for a long time, it is only perceived in such roles.

License to Wed

License to Wed

• USA, 2007.
• Romantic comedy.
• Duration: 87 minutes.
• IMDb: 5,3.

Ben (John Krasinski) wants to make a proposal to his beloved Sadie (Mandy Moore) per day wedding anniversary her parents. But the groom wants the wedding was held in the local church, where all activities are planned for the two years ahead. The priest promises to marry them, but only if the pair will take special pre-marriage courses.

In this comedy Krasinski played with much more experienced actors. Mandy Moore has already remembered by viewers previous roles, and only Robin Williams knew almost everything. But neither the charm of the main characters, no frills Williams did not save the film from the negative critics, who considered the story is too ridiculous.

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On my way

Away We Go

• USA 2009.
• Drama, comedy.
• Duration: 98 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,1.

Verona (Maya Rudolph) and Burt (John Krasinski) will know that soon they a baby. A young couple decides to go on a journey to find the perfect place for his future family. They visit several friends who have been married for a long time, and then go to the abandoned house of parents of Verona, who died a long time ago.

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Something Borrowed

Something Borrowed

• United States, 2011.
• Melodrama.
• Duration: 115 minutes.
• IMDb: 5,9.

Vigorous Darcy (Kate Hudson) and modest Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) friendly since childhood. But once Darcy first invited on a date Dex (Colin Egglesfield) - a guy who liked her friend. And now comes the day of their wedding, and Rachel and Dex novel begins again.

Here John Krasinski got a secondary, but a very nice part of Eaton - a friend of Rachel. He advises a girl, how to act, seeking his happiness. But at the same time he pretends to be gay in order to avoid ex-girlfriend.

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Big Miracle

Big Miracle

• USA 2012.
• Drama, Family.
• Duration: 107 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,5.

The plot is based on real events, tells how a reporter (John Krasinski) and his ex girl (Drew Barrymore), related to the of Greenpeace, trying to save three whales trapped in Arctic ice. To do this they have to attract locals, oil companies and even Russian military forces.

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Promised land

Promised Land

• USA 2012.
• Drama.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

Agent Global Solutions Crosspower energy company Steve Butler (Matt Damon) and his partner Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand) must convince residents of a small town to agree on gas drilling well. But at the last moment of their plans to tear ecologist Noble (John Krasinski), who claims that his farm had died as a result of drilling.

The script was written a couple of very Krasinski and Matt Damon. And his character is here turned out the most controversial. At first glance, this is a positive hero who fights for the truth. But in fact he was hiding something, and in the final is not at all who he claims to be.

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13 hours: Secret Soldiers Benghazi

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

• United States, 2016.
• Drama, thriller.
• Duration: 144 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

In 2012, a group of terrorists attacked the US Mission in Benghazi. Six soldiers have no powers to intervene. But they decide to do what conscience tells them to, and to save his countrymen, entered into an unequal battle with the militants.

This film is very useful to look at those who are familiar only with comedy roles Krasinski. His image in the military story based on real events that leaves no chance sweet romance.

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Jack Ryan

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

• USA, 2018.
• Action, a political thriller, a drama.
• Length: 1 season.
• IMDb: 8,3.

CIA analyst Jack Ryan discovers a questionable series of bank transfers. To investigate it, the hero has to leave the office and join the field work in Europe and the Middle East. And then he will meet with the international terrorist group, which is preparing an attack on the United States.

John Krasinski - fifth executive role Jack Ryan. But if in the previous scenes the character looked very "tough guy", the new series, he decided to add simplicity. In fact, at the beginning of the story Ryan - not super spy, but an ordinary clerk, partly Krasinski returns to the role in the TV series "Office".

Executive producer

Lip sync battle

• USA 2015.

• Duration: 4 seasons.

• IMDb: 7,4.

Not everyone knows that the TV show Lip sync battle also came up with John Krasinski. The essence of this show is that the stars have to lip-synch in the way of other artists. Has already become legendary edition, where the actor Tom Holland ( "Spider-Man: The Homecoming") Appeared in Rihanna's suit, and Channing Tatum tried image of Beyonce.

transmitting the idea arose when Krasinski was invited on the show Jimmy Fallon. He and his wife, Emily Blunt and writer Stephen Merchant arranged brainstorming, coming up with a funny skit. And so was born the idea of ​​speaking to someone else's track. Following the success of the sync first room battle has become the Lip as an independent show which is being produced by John Krasinski. And one day, and he spoke to him as a performer.

Producer

Released in 2018 the film "A quiet place," many are called directorial debut of John Krasinski. However, this is not quite true. Prior to that, the actor has already removed the two pictures. However, both times it was a low-budget independent projects, of which many have not even heard. And in all the films he himself had played.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

• USA 2009.
• Drama, comedy.
• Duration: 80 minutes.
• IMDb: 5,6.

Sarah Quinn writes a thesis and conducting interviews with various men. Strange things she hears from them intersect with the personal experiences of the heroine. As a result, Sarah begins to better understand the causes parting with her ex-boyfriend.

Holler

The Hollars

• United States, 2016.
• Drama, romance, comedy.
• Duration: 88 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,5.

Artist John Holler with his girlfriend back to his hometown, because his mother have to do surgery. There he will meet again with family, old friends and former passion. In short, with all of whom he had once escaped.

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Quiet place

A Quiet Place

• USA, 2018.
• Horror, fantasy.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,7.

Evelyn Abbott and Lee live with their two children on a remote farm. They can not make noise and talk, as near home to a monster that responds to sound. Lee tries to equip insulated basement, where a pregnant woman can have a baby. But children find it difficult all the time to be quiet. The more that young Regan deaf from birth.

This picture can be called the most personal for John Krasinski. He alone made a film and wrote part of the script. Besides his wife, played by Emily Blunt - real wife of the actor. According to the director, he did not want to invite her for the role, but he hoped that the Blunt will offer his candidacy. This eventually happened.

I do not know how to shoot horror, but I wanted to write a story so that the viewers become indifferent to the family so that it becomes him as a native. And when something happens, the audience already will decide for themselves what kind of emotions they experience.

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Indeed, if you try to parse a picture from the point of view of logic, then it is possible to find a lot of shortcomings. However, viewers hooked history of the family itself, where parents do not have the opportunity to talk with each other and with children even after the tragedy. Krasinski tried to invest in maximum personal screen characters. In addition, the idea of ​​a "quiet place" opposed to almost all horror movies the last time. Usually scare the viewer with a loud sound, whereas this film is built primarily on the silence.

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