You may know him as Jim Halpert from TV’s The Office but John Krasinski, the Newton, Massachusetts, native, is starting to blossom all over the place.Until he’d struck it big as Jim, Krasinski had acted in several small parts in movies and television.Now he finds himself opposite SNL alum, Maya Rudolph, in a coming of age movie about 30-year-olds trying to start a family.
As Burt Farlander, in Away We Go, you can almost think to yourself: if Jim Halpert were going to have a baby, this is the kind of guy he would be.All of the work Krasinski has done up until this point seems to have been getting him ready to act in a role like this.You hate to see actors pushed into the same role all the time, for Krasinski playing the nice guy isn’t so bad.
Yes, he was in Licensed to Wed, which was pretty bad. His new movie looks a lot more grown up than Wed was intended to be.At least he isn’t making the leap from small screen to big screen all flashy, he’s doing projects he can look back on and feel proud of.
Besides Away We Go he also has written and directed a movie titled Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, the story of a guy who suffers a break up and interviews other guys for help in coping with the situation.No matter what Krasinski decides to do he will always be known as ‘Jim from The Office’ which isn’t a bad thing.According to interviews he’s done recently he has no desire to leave his desk yet and he’d rather stay as Jim Halpert for a while longer.Thank goodness because next season should be a lot of fun.
Away He Goes
June 16th, 2009 by J FrazzettaMovie Commentary
You may know him as Jim Halpert from TV’s The Office but John Krasinski, the Newton, Massachusetts, native, is starting to blossom all over the place. Until he’d struck it big as Jim, Krasinski had acted in several small parts in movies and television. Now he finds himself opposite SNL alum, Maya Rudolph, in a coming of age movie about 30-year-olds trying to start a family.
As Burt Farlander, in Away We Go, you can almost think to yourself: if Jim Halpert were going to have a baby, this is the kind of guy he would be. All of the work Krasinski has done up until this point seems to have been getting him ready to act in a role like this. You hate to see actors pushed into the same role all the time, for Krasinski playing the nice guy isn’t so bad.
Yes, he was in Licensed to Wed, which was pretty bad. His new movie looks a lot more grown up than Wed was intended to be. At least he isn’t making the leap from small screen to big screen all flashy, he’s doing projects he can look back on and feel proud of.
Besides Away We Go he also has written and directed a movie titled Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, the story of a guy who suffers a break up and interviews other guys for help in coping with the situation. No matter what Krasinski decides to do he will always be known as ‘Jim from The Office’ which isn’t a bad thing. According to interviews he’s done recently he has no desire to leave his desk yet and he’d rather stay as Jim Halpert for a while longer. Thank goodness because next season should be a lot of fun.
Away We Go is playing in select theaters.