--- title: John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Are Ben Platt's Dream Couple description: The 'Dear Evan Hansen' actor met Krasinski and Blunt at the TIME 100 Gala, getting that much closer to his ideal "throuple." canonical: https://time.com/5254665/ben-platt-krasinski-blunt/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-25T20:34:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:26.346Z og:title: John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Are Ben Platt's Dream Couple og:description: The actor met them at the TIME 100 Gala, getting closer to his "throuple" goals og:url: https://time.com/5254665/ben-platt-krasinski-blunt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4acfff3b56c204d/69892eb286f68e51f76e8ff0/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-ben-platt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 2018 Time 100 Gala - Cocktails og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Are Ben Platt's Dream Couple twitter:description: The actor met them at the TIME 100 Gala, getting closer to his "throuple" goals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4acfff3b56c204d/69892eb286f68e51f76e8ff0/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-ben-platt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ben Platt Finally Met His Favorite Dreamy Couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt > Sponsored content. 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Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for Time  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 25, 2018 8:34 PM UTC On Tuesday night, one of [Ben Platt](http://time.com/collection-post/4736197/ben-platt/)‘s dreams nearly came true: he met beloved duo John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, and is just _that_ much closer to becoming a part of the lives of his idolized couple. Actor and director [Krasinski](http://time.com/collection-post/5238188/john-krasinski/) was being celebrated at the [TIME 100 Gala](http://time.com/5247004/shawn-mendes-time-100-performance/) as a member of the 2018 list, while Platt — perhaps best known as the Tony-winning actor from _Dear Evan Hansen_ — was attending as a 2017 honoree. But Platt’s publicized adoration of Krasinski and Blunt goes back to before he met them at the party. After seeing [_A Quiet Place_](http://time.com/5233205/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt/) early in April, he tweeted about both actors, calling Krasinski a “renaissance man” and Blunt “perpetually brilliant.” “If you’d ever consider a throuple, you know where to reach me,” he said then. Luckily for him, the TIME 100 party brought them together mere weeks later, and he was able to orchestrate a casual meeting. “Inching my way into this marriage,” he joked again on Twitter after the event, sharing a photo of the three of them. Since both Platt and Blunt have [serious singing chops](http://time.com/4812549/emily-blunt-romeo-juliet/), it seems only a matter of time until they work together. Krasinski could direct. Hollywood producers, are you listening? > [](https://twitter.com/BenSPLATT/status/983442574416449536) > [](https://twitter.com/BenSPLATT/status/988974822750326786) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5254665/ben-platt-krasinski-blunt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5254665/ben-platt-krasinski-blunt/"},"headline":"Ben Platt Finally Met His Favorite Dreamy Couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt","datePublished":"2018-04-25T20:34:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:26.346Z","description":"Krasinski, Blunt and Platt met at the TIME 100 Gala","url":"https://time.com/5254665/ben-platt-krasinski-blunt/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4acfff3b56c204d/69892eb286f68e51f76e8ff0/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-ben-platt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4acfff3b56c204d/69892eb286f68e51f76e8ff0/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-ben-platt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Time 100 Gala - Cocktails","caption":"2018 Time 100 Gala - Cocktails","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for Time","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5254665/ben-platt-krasinski-blunt/","name":"Ben Platt Finally Met His Favorite Dreamy Couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt"}}]}] ```