The film "Girl on the Train", the actors in which earned recognition from critics and spectators, was released in 2016. It is based on the novel of the same name by Paula Hawkins. The director was Tate Taylor.
Plot of the film
In the film "Girl on the Train," the actors starred predominantly famous and popular. This is Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans.
In the story, the main character is Rachel Watson. She does not work anywhere and suffers from alcoholism. A woman became seriously depressed after a divorce from her husband. Now she does not even have a permanent place of residence. She lives with her friend, every day goes on a train journey to the city past her former home. In the evening, the same route returns.
From the window of the train car, she watches the life of her ex-husband Tom and his new wife named Anna. They had already had a baby.
Another family lives next door, which Rachel is pleased to watch. These are Megan and Scott Hipwells. They give the impression of a perfect match. Watching them, the main character longingly recalls her past happy life. The girl is constantly amenable to memories.
Once she notices that Megan disappeared without a trace. Rachel is the only witness to her loss. Most of the people around her do not take a woman seriously. Therefore, she decides to start her own investigation, and also try to remember in detail what happened on the day Megan disappeared. Everything is complicated by the fact that she was then very drunk. As a result, Rachel herself is beginning to be suspected of a crime, and soon her life is in jeopardy.
Emily Blunt
Among the actors from the movie "Girl on the Train," Emily Blunt, who got the main role, is especially worth noting. With the image of a girl whose life is being destroyed due to failures in the family, she coped brilliantly.
Actually, Emily Blunt is a British actress. She was born in London, and later moved to Los Angeles, where she now lives. Before becoming a film actress, Blunt for a long time played in the theater.
She made her film debut in the historical series Henry VIII. Fame came to her in 2006, when Blunt received the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a supporting role in Stephen Polyakov’s drama “Gideon's Daughter” about the relationship of the popular publicist Gideon with his daughter. It is noteworthy that the events in the picture unfold against the backdrop of the death of Princess Diana.
The following year, she received two nominations (for the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award) for one of the key roles in David Frankel’s dramatic comedy, The Devil Wears Prada.
Rebecca Ferguson
In the film "Girl on the Train," the actors and the roles they performed were immediately remembered by the audience. Certainly, this can be said about the Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson. She played Anna Watson.
The beginning of her career was random and in many ways surprising. The famous Swedish director Richard Hobert simply noticed an attractive girl with a photographic appearance in the city market. He immediately offered her the main role in his film "One-Way To Antibes."
The very next year, she auditioned for the role of Elizabeth Woodville in the historical drama The White Queen.
Hayley Bennett
In the film "Girl on the Train" (2016), the actors showed themselves in full glory. Haley Bennett played Megan, who at the very beginning of the picture disappears without a trace. Her mysterious loss and becomes the main mystery and intrigue of the film.
Bennett got her first role in the comedy “Out of sight, out of the chart, out!” By Mark Lawrence . To do this, she had to undergo a thorough selection and become the best among 600 applicants.
Fame outside of America brought her the image of Mandy in the action movie Antoine Fukua "The Great Equalizer." In 2016, it may mark another landmark collaboration. Bennett starred in another picture of Antoine Fukua. This time it was the "Magnificent Seven" Western.
Justin Theroux
After the film "Girl on the Train," the actors who performed the main roles became very noticeable in their profession. This also applies to Justin Theroux, who played Tom Watson, the former husband of the main character. This is one of the most mysterious characters in the tape. Its true essence is revealed to the audience only at the very end of the picture.
American Theroux is the nephew of the popular American writer Paul Theroux, author of numerous novels and short stories.
He played his first movie role back in 1996 in Mary Herron’s biographical drama "I shot Andy Warhol." Teru played many roles in Broadway productions.
The actor worked on the same site and with the famous director David Lynch in his psychological thriller "Mulholland Drive."
Many say that the genes of his uncle-writer are noticeable in Thera. He tries himself in cinema as a screenwriter. He has already created scripts for the films "Megamind", "Iron Man 2", "Rock for Ages."
Luke evans
In the movie "Girl on the Train," actor Luke Evans played a significant role. He got the image of Scott Hipwell. Evans is a Welshman by nationality. Also known as a singer among fans.
The artist became famous and popular after the success of the Peter Jackson trilogy dedicated to the hobbits. In it, he got the role of Bard Archer. In the action movie Justin Lin "Fast and the Furious 6," he played the main antagonist.
In 2014, many viewers remembered him after the dramatic action movie Harry Shore "Dracula". In it, he played the main role, a bloody vampire.
In the same year, he played Richard Wilder in Ben Wheatley's sci-fi drama "High-Rise", dedicated to the dystopian society of the near future.