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"IF" tells the story of 12-year-old Bea (Cailey Fleming) who,
during a difficult time in her life, discovers that she can see
children's forgotten imaginary friends, or IFs. Together with
her new neighbour, Cal (Ryan Reynolds), she sets out to reunite
the discarded IFs with their now grown-up inventors or find them
new homes.
"It was a thousand percent for my kids. I've always wanted to
make a movie for my kids and I had spent so many years watching
them go into this magical world that parents aren't invited
into. And I just saw the joy that they had in that world," said
Krasinski, who has two daughters with his wife, actress Emily
Blunt.
"And then Covid hit and they started to have their lights go out
a little bit and they were doing fewer and fewer imaginary
games. And I just thought this is the time to tell them that no
matter what, that imaginary world that they created, you can
always go back," he said at the film's London premiere on
Tuesday.
The IFs come in many shapes and forms and are voiced by an
all-star cast including Steve Carell, Bradley Cooper, George
Clooney, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Blake Lively, Matt Damon and
Blunt.
"I just called a bunch of friends who did me a huge solid one
that I can never repay them for," said Krasinski, known for
directing the "A Quiet Place" horror thrillers, starring in the
"Jack Ryan" television series and playing Jim Halpert in the
U.S. version of "The Office".
"But I got to say, they all said that they did it for the right
reason, which is that they loved the idea of the movie and they
wanted to put something good out in the world."
"IF" starts its global cinematic rollout on May 8.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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