Cast[edit]

John Krasinski (left) and Emily Blunt (right), who play the lead roles in the
film

 Emily Blunt as Evelyn Abbott, wife of Lee, and the mother to their four children, Regan,
Marcus, Beau, and baby Abbott. Krasinski said her character wanted to ensure that their
children "be fully-formed, fully-thinking people."
 John Krasinski as Lee Abbott, an engineer who is Evelyn's husband and the father of
Regan, Marcus, Beau, and newborn baby Abbott. Krasinski described his character as
a survivalist focused on getting his family through each day.[4]
o Krasinski also provided the motion-capture for the extraterrestrial creatures. [5]
 Noah Jupe as Marcus Abbott, the second child and eldest son of Lee and Evelyn, and
Regan's and Beau's brother. Krasinski noticed Jupe in the 2016 miniseries The Night
Manager and watched an early screening of the 2017 film Suburbicon to evaluate Jupe's
performance.[4]
 Millicent Simmonds as Regan Abbott, Lee and Evelyn's teenage deaf daughter, and
Marcus' and Beau's older sister. Krasinski said he sought a deaf actress "...for many
reasons; I didn't want a non-deaf actress pretending to be deaf ... a deaf actress would
help my knowledge and my understanding of the situations tenfold. I wanted someone
who lives it and who could teach me about it on set."[4]
 Cade Woodward as Beau Abbott, Lee and Evelyn's four-year-old son.
 Leon Russom as a man in the woods.[6]

Production[edit]
Development and writing[edit]
Scott Beck and Bryan Woods began writing A Quiet Place in January 2016 based on a concept they
conceived in college.[7][8] When they first spoke with Platinum Dunes about the project, the two said
they wanted Blunt for the role of the mother.[9] Platinum Dunes' Michael Bay had a first-look deal
with Paramount Pictures and showed their script to the studio.[7] During the writing stage, Beck and
Woods spoke to a Paramount executive, who suggested that the film could be a crossover with
the Cloverfield franchise. When they took their final script to Paramount, the studio embraced it as a
distinct, stand-alone story.[8] Paramount bought the script from the duo.[10][7] Platinum Dunes
producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller sent the script to Krasinski to play the role of the father,[11]
[12]
which he read in July.[13] The concept of parents protecting their children appealed to him,
especially as his second child with Blunt had recently been born.[4][12]
After reading Beck and Wood's script, Krasinski pitched his vision of the story to Blunt, who
suggested he direct the film.[14][13] In a meeting with the producers, Krasinski expressed his desire to
co-write and direct it and pitched them his vision.[11] When he co-wrote the script, he had Blunt in
mind for the role; however, he did not ask her to do it as she had just had a child, was working on
another film, and he was concerned that if he asked she would either decline it or accept it to
support him. "I just thought if she does this, she has to come to it on her own." [14][12] Blunt initially did
not want to be cast, but after reading Krasinski's script on a plane flight she felt she needed to do it
as the story "represented some of my deepest fears—of not being able to protect my children." [13][14]