‘A Quiet Place’ Producers Reveal A Dialogue-Filled Flashback That Was Cut & How John Krasinski Became Director

Probably the biggest aspect that sets “A Quiet Place” apart from other films is the lack of dialogue. Featuring just over two dozen lines of dialogue, the horror film relies almost completely on sign language and sound to tell its terrifying story of a family trying to survive an alien invasion. But according to the film’s producers, that limited amount of dialogue would have been much greater had the original script been followed.

Speaking to Yahoo, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller talked about the original script a little and why it was changed when writer-director-star John Krasinski was brought on board. The biggest change was the cut of a flashback sequence that took place “way before the invasion” that featured a whole new character that was not featured in the film.

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The producers said that the sequence was “enormous” and was removed when Krasinski took over. Part of the flashback would have also featured the death of the young boy who was killed at the beginning of the film. Apparently, the reason that the producers were willing to change the script so much was the passion that Krasinski brought to the project when he was presented with the script.

Form and Fuller said that originally, they approached Krasinski to star in the film. However, once he read the script, he got back in touch with them and said he would star, but only if he was able to rewrite the script and direct the film as well.

As we now know, that seemingly risky proposition paid off immensely, as “A Quiet Place” was a breakout hit earlier this year and is about to spawn at least one sequel.