So, Leatherheads is opening up this weekend. And the trailers aren't getting me that excited. But no matter how much it may suck (note: it did.), we all know George Clooney will be fine. There are probably many atrocities much worse than Leatherheads that Clooney could commit without losing a single fan. And if Renee Zellweger could still get work after Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, the woman could probably survive anything, like say, a shark attack, or a tsunami. Or a shark attack during a tsunami. (The shark is being so persistent because he saw Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason).

But poor John Krasinski isn’t as seasoned as his co-stars. This is only his second major movie role, and the first one didn’t go so well either.

Here are five reasons why we love him anyway:

1. He didn’t change his name.
Yeah, it’s hard to spell or pronounce, but it’s the type of imperfect, unglamorous name that could just as easily belong to your next-door neighbor, or a guy you went to high school with, or the dude in the cubicle next to yours. It’s the name of an actor wanting to make a clear statement that he’s not going to change who he is for Hollywood. His name shows he keeps it real, and in turn, it helps us to believe in his performance as one half of the most blissfully real couple on TV.

2. He’s really tall.
His height is listed at 6’3'', and before you ask, yes he does play basketball. (Office fans saw him put his skills to use in a season one episode). With so many short, pretty-boy actors in Hollywood, there’s something refreshingly masculine about his height. Plus, he’s a comedic actor and putting a really tall guy in a tiny room or next to a really short guy is always comedy gold.

3. The “Jim” Looks.
If John Krasinski never spoke a line of dialogue on The Office, we would still love the character of Jim Halpert just as much based solely on the adorably befuddled faces he makes at the camera whenever anything strikes him odd. John never needs to speak to let us know what’s on Jim’s mind, and that’s a trick few actors could pull off.

4. He gives good YouTube.
Is your job as boring as selling paper for Dunder-Mifflin? Got time to kill? Do a search on YouTube for Jim and Pam. Your search will yield approximately 2,100 videos telling the love story of Jim and Pam through the music of artists ranging from Snow Patrol to Tim McGraw. Once you watch one, I dare you not to watch fifty more.

5. He hasn’t found the right movie yet.
In case you hadn’t noticed the trend here, we mainly love John Krasinski because he’s a sweet, funny, handsome everyman who is easy to relate to. And who can’t relate to the idea of making huge mistakes as you start out on your career? We can forgive him for clunkers like Leatherheads, because we all took crappy jobs on our way to finding the right ones. His mistakes show that he’s as imperfect as the rest of us, which is exactly why we love him.

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