John Krasinski is not lacking for offers outside of "The Office." Not only did he make his directorial debut this year with "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men," but he keeps racking up the big screen roles in between "Office" episodes. According to Variety, he has just signed onto Nancy Meyers' untitled romantic comedy, which stars Steve Martin, Meryl Streep, and Alec Baldwin.
Yes, Krasinski will be the baby of the cast, and his role is unspecified -- but as the movie centers on a romantic triangle between Martin, Baldwin, and Streep, we know it isn't as a love interest. My guess is that he's playing someone's son, and will spend the film horrified by the romantic goings-on. Hopefully, he'll have a bigger part than he had in Meyers' last film "The Holiday," where he had a brief cameo as Cameron Diaz's assistant. Read more...
It's not every day that you get to watch a film about betrayal, carnal desire and the supposed intrinsic nature of men to think below the waist -- all at 8:30 in the morning. But on Tuesday, as the rest of the world tuned in to see a new president take the oath, myself and a half-asleep Sundance crowd shuffled into the Racquet Club theater to see John Krasinski's "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men."
The first slew of Sundance flicks have just been announced, courtesy a press release from the fesitval organizers. So here we go, get ready to digest a whole lotta info.