Fair warning: some very MILD spoilers ahead.
1. There are real family photos of John Krasinski and Emily Blunt and their children used in the film.
2. In the beginning of the film, in the store, most of the food on the shelves is gone...except for all the bags of chips.
3. The actor who plays Regan, Millicent Simmonds, is deaf in real life.
4. And Simmonds told Krasinski that she really enjoyed seeing how different their characters' signing was.
5. The actor who plays Marcus, Noah Jupe, is actually British.
6. And George Clooney was the one who recommended Noah to John Krasinski for the role.
7. The bathtub scene was done in only one take.
8. The film's sound editors created what they called "sound envelopes" to put the audience in the characters' shoes to "hear what they hear and how they might hear it."
9. The final look of the creature wasn't fully figured out until pretty late in the process, during postproduction.
10. Simmonds actually made John Krasinski cry on set with a suggestion to change an important part of the script.
11. Before making A Quiet Place, Krasinski said he, ironically, wasn't even a fan of horror films.
12. To prepare, Krasinski watched movies like Get Out, The Witch, and The Babadook...
13. ...and he actually wrote down WHEN he was scared and figured out what things made him nervous while watching these films.
14. 1979's Alien was particularly influential for him.
15. Noah and Millie binge-watched The Office on the way to and from set.
16. After reading the completed script, Blunt told Krasinski he couldn't let anyone but her play the role of Evelyn.
17. And Krasinski said working with his wife on this film was "without a doubt the best collaboration I've ever had in my life."
18. The film is meant to be a metaphor for parenthood.
19. And finally, the King of Horror himself, Stephen King, has called the film "an extraordinary piece of work."
