John Krasinski

John Krasinski may be a talented horror director, but that doesn’t mean he likes the genre.

The 'A Quiet Place' director admitted he was initially hesitant to helm the movie because he's a "scaredy cat", but was eventually won over by the plot - which centres on a family who attempt to survive in terrifying new world where alien hunt humans exclusively through sound.

He explained: "I never was a big horror guy, because I was just too scared.

"That’s the truth. Then these producers called me one day and said, 'Would you ever act in a horror movie?' I said, 'I don’t know, I'm kind of a scaredy cat, but if it's a cool idea maybe.'"