According to Deadline, the Swedish actress is now in talks to sign a deal that will see her starring alongside Emily Blunt in the Tate Taylor-directed thriller.
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And then she sees something shocking.
After many years spent on the small screen, she more than held her own with Tom Cruise in Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and is now on the verge of superstardom. Ferguson has taken herself out of the running on that film to instead take this plum role in a film that has been likened to Gone Girl for its thriller elements and that it is an adaptation of a publishing phenomenon. The Girl on the Train went on to top the New York Times best-seller list for a dozen weeks.
Rebecca will play Anna, the new wife of Rachel’s ex husband. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck.
Hawkins’ book follows a recently divorced woman called Rachel (Blunt) struggling with her life and sinking into alcoholism to try to cope.
While authors of recent bestsellers, such as Fifty Shades of Grey writer EL James, have been heavily involved in the production of their film adaptations, Hawkins said that was not her style.
DreamWorks picked up the rights to the novel and Marc Platt is set to produce the movie.
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Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary, Chloe) is adapting the screenplay.
