John Krasinski, The Hollars

His nice guy persona firmly established, John Krasinski opts for quirky and lurking dark shadows in his sophomore directing effort The Hollars, a dysfunctional family comedy in which he stars as John Hollar opposite Margo Martindale’s tumor-stricken matriarch. Richard Jenkins plays Martindale's emotionally distraught husband with Sharlto Copley as Krasinski's batty brother Ron. Krasinski explains what drew him to Jim Strouse’s original screenplay and why he is ready to get the abs ready to play Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan in Amazon’s reboot of the character in a TV series set for release in 2017.

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