Emily Blunt, John Krasinski Scare SXSW With ‘A Quiet Place’

On Friday night, John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” premiered at South By Southwest to enough shrieks inside the theater to please its director.Judging by a healthy smattering of applause, the supernatural thriller passed the Austin litmus test for an opening-night film.

That could be a good sign for Paramount Pictures’ release at the box-office in April, as SXSW has proven a launching pad for studio films ranging from “21 Jump Street” to “Baby Driver.”“I’ve never been a genre guy,” said Krasinski at a Q&A after the screening, standing beside his cast.

So why did he direct and star in it?“Emily”—he said, referring to his wife, Emily Blunt, who also plays his wife in the movie—“and I had just had our second daughter.

I was already in the world of pure terrified.

I thought, ‘Why not put it in a movie?’”“A Quiet Place

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