The Oscar winner leads the cast of the new spin-off \u2013 alongside Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn and adorable cats Nico and Schnitzel. <\/p>
John Krasinski might have handed over the reins to Pig director Michael Sarnoski for the latest entry in the Quiet Place franchise<\/a>, but he still had a major part to play in bringing the new film to the screen.<\/p>\n The former star of The Office<\/a> dreamed up the story for the film alongside Sarnoski, and it seems he was also vital in helping to secure the Oscar-winning talents of Lupita Nyong\u2019o for the lead role of Sam.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was the first point of contact about this movie. We had a Zoom and he walked me through why he wanted to make another film in this franchise,\u201d she explained during an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd what he said to me was that he wasn\u2019t really interested in carrying on with the franchise unless he was able to find a new way in. He\u2019s interested in expanding what the franchise can do, but also what the genre of horror can do in and of itself.<\/p>\n \u201cSo that\u2019s why he teamed up with someone like Michael, who is a young director, you know, having done just one feature film before this.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I liked that he was taking risks with the franchise. The first one was a risk, you know, pitching that story could not have been easy. And he did such a wonderful job with it and with the second one, and so I liked his his outlook, his mission.\u201d<\/p> Nyong\u2019o is joined in the cast by rising star Joseph Quinn \u2013 but the Stranger Things breakout had far less contact with Krasinski before signing on.<\/p>\n In fact, he revealed that he actually only met him for the first time at this year\u2019s Oscars ceremony, where he had a \u201cmanic\u201d conversation with both Krasinski and his wife \u2013 and original A Quiet Place star \u2013 Emily Blunt.<\/p>\n As for what excited him about joining the franchise, Quinn revealed that there were many aspects of the film that appealed to him.<\/p>\n \u201cProbably the most obvious one was the fact that Lupita was involved,\u201d he said. \u201cI was very excited about the prospect of working with her\u2026 and obviously, we had Michael Sarnoski directing it.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I think it was a really interesting opportunity to bring a world that audiences are already very familiar with, and very fond of, to a larger scale, to kind of really blow it up and take it to New York City, which is famously a very\u2026 it\u2019s not really very quiet<\/span>. And to see how that would unfold and see how we could land that plane was quite exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nyong\u2019o and Quinn are joined in the cast by two other very important co-stars \u2013 a pair of cats called Schnitzel and Nico, who share the role of Frodo (and the latter of whom RadioTimes.com was lucky enough to interview<\/a>).<\/p>\n And Nyong\u2019o said that although both cats were \u201cabsolutely brilliant\u201d, they also required a little patience to work with on set.<\/p>\n \u201cCats are very individualistic and very independent,\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd so, what they were able to teach these cats to do was astounding. But we also put those cats\u2026 I mean, we were in heightened circumstances, and so they had to adjust.<\/p>\n \u201cCats like to be around fewer people, generally speaking, and they did a really good job of adjusting to the craziness on set.<\/p>\n \u201cI will say that they were really the stars of the show. Because I remember thinking, I\u2019m number one on the call sheet but that doesn\u2019t mean anything because nothing is as orderly as when the cats are on set.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was like, \u2018Quiet<\/span> on set. Schnitzel is here!\u2019 And then everybody gets quiet<\/span> \u2013 because you have to make it comfortable for a cat. So they were the real bosses!\u201d<\/p>\n A Quiet Place: Day One is showing in UK cinemas from Thursday 27th June 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Film<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on. 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