‘A Quiet Place 2’: Brian Tyree Henry Drops Out, Djimon Hounsou Steps In
A Quiet Place 2has just replaced one of its stars.Brian Tyree Henry(Atlanta), who was set to star in directorJohn Krasinski’s upcoming sequel alongside returning cast membersEmily Blunt,Noah Jupe, andMillicent Simmonds, has left the production due to scheduling conflicts.Djimon Hounsou(Shazam!,Amistad) will take his place.
While Housou is an Oscar-nominated actor who’s been in a ton of great films, Henry has been on a real hot streak lately, so we can’t help but be slightly disappointed in this casting change.Deadlinesays that Henry “exited over scheduling problems,” and while that very well could be the truth, “scheduling conflicts” has been one of the go-to excuses for an actor to leave a project since time immemorial because of how vague it is: it allows everyone to save face and doesn’t make anyone the bad guy in the situation.
But as I mentioned, Henry has been on fire lately. Last year, he had TV roles onBoJack Horseman,Room 104, andDrunk History. But his film work was what really got Hollywood’s attention. He appeared in seven movies, including the stylized assassin thrillerHotel Artemisand the drug dramaWhite Boy Rick, he lent his voice toSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, played a conniving politician in Steve McQueen’s heist movieWidows, and delivered a devastating monologue in Barry Jenkins’If Beale Street Could Talk. Plus, he has seasons 3 and 4 ofAtlantacoming up, he was cast in Marvel’sThe Eternals, and he’s co-starring with Jennifer Lawrence in a new movie to boot, so it stands to reason that he’s pretty busy these days.
Hounsou’s certainly no slouch, either: in the past twelve months, he’s appeared inAquaman,Serenity,Captain Marvel, andShazam!, and he’s about to co-star in the newCharlie’s Angelsmovie and the Kingsman prequelThe King’s Man.
A Quiet Place 2started filmingalmost a month ago, but it’s unclear if Henry shot any scenes that will now need to be reshot with Hounsou in the role. Specific details about the movie have largely been kept under wraps, but we know it’s a direct sequel to the first film and it follows the Abbot family encountering new characters played byCillian Murphy(Batman Begins) and Hounsou. Here’s how Krasinski has previously teased the film:
A Quiet Place 2creeps its way into theaters onMarch 20, 2020.
