"If it was a straight-on shot, there was nothing there," she says. Because the CGI aliens were digitally added later, Simmonds was sometimes thrashing at thin air on set. The young actors admit their empowering final moments looked decidedly less cool in reality. He's very fearful, but this is him being brave and trying to do what his dad would have done." She ultimately wanted to do him justice, and that was her guiding point in helping navigate this world and develop as a young woman."Īdds Jupe, 16: "It's a huge moment for Marcus, of him almost becoming a man. "The events leading up to this were quite horrific, so I think for her, it was very emotional," Simmonds, 18, who is deaf, tells USA TODAY through an interpreter, via Zoom. "Regan felt that she had to take over her dad's role now that he's gone and be sure her family survives. The kids' parallel acts of bravery pack a powerfully poignant punch, given that Regan and Marcus' dad, Lee (Krasinski), was brutally killed by an extraterrestrial at the end of the first "Quiet Place," released in 2018. Just as the creature looks primed to kill the injured Evelyn, Marcus picks up a rifle and fatally shoots it. The piercing feedback is successfully broadcast across the countryside, where Marcus and their mom, Evelyn ( Emily Blunt), are backed into a corner by a monster inside an old steel mill. 'A Quiet Place Part II': John Krasinski recounts the scariest scene for wife Emily Blunt Knowing the monsters' hypersensitivity to sound, Regan hooks her hearing aid up to the radio tower, creating a strident noise that temporarily paralyzes the beast before Regan fatally beats it with a metal pipe.
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In the final scene of John Krasinski's postapocalyptic horror thriller "A Quiet Place Part II" ( now in theaters), the deaf Regan ( Millicent Simmonds) and her younger brother Marcus ( Noah Jupe) step up and become the heroes of the movie, protecting the adults from the talon-clawed, razor-toothed monsters that are terrorizing Earth.įleeing the creatures following a deadly rampage, Regan and fellow survivor Emmett ( Cillian Murphy) find shelter inside an abandoned radio station, where Emmett comes face to face with yet another alien. It's the end of the world, but the kids are all right. Spoiler alert! The following article reveals the ending of "A Quiet Place Part II." Stop reading if you have not seen the movie, now in theaters. I'm already looking forward to finding out what happens next - hopefully in a dark theater, watching as quietly as I can.Watch Video: Trailer Tuesdays: 'A Quiet Place Part II' and scary sounds in movies
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The movie ends on an inconclusive note, leaving the door open for another sequel, which is both frustrating and heartening. That makes A Quiet Place Part II an unexpectedly resonant film for the present moment as this country slowly emerges from a crisis that - while surely less terrifying than an alien apocalypse - has revealed humanity at its best and its worst. Some of the people they meet are as predatory as the monsters others are as brave and compassionate as Regan. As Regan and Emmett embark on a perilous journey in search of survivors, they find themselves in situations that give rise to both hope and despair.
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The movie seems to think they both have a point. 'A Quiet Place Part II' an unexpectedly resonant film for the present moment as this country slowly emerges from a crisis that - while surely less terrifying than an alien apocalypse - has revealed humanity at its best and its worst.