'The Girl on the Train' Spoilers: Emily Blunt's Rachel Watson Is 'Most Unreliable Witness In The World'
Emily Blunt may have earned her stripes as an action-film star playing stereotypical male roles in films such as "Edge of Tomorrow" (2014) and "Sicario" (2015), yet the English actress claims that the "most challenging thing [she's] ever done" is playing the role of alcoholic divorcee Rachel Watson in the upcoming "The Girl on the Train."
In a recent interview with Deadline, the 32-year-old actress opened up about the film and what led her to take on the role of the terribly flawed Watson. "For me it's more about the portrayal of very damaged women," Blunt said, adding: "I just love that it's about addiction and loneliness and voyeurism and what we think we see and don't see. I think it's very relatable."
Revealing some details about the film's plot, the actress said, "I love that your heroine, your lead character is the most unreliable witness in the world because she's a drunk."
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"And yet she's right, and nobody believes her," she told the magazine.
Director Tate Taylor has called Blunt's character, a young woman struggling with homelessness, bankruptcy, and alcoholism in the aftermath of her divorce, "a train wreck," but also praised her for going where most people would not.
"The Girl on the Train," which is being produced by DreamWork Pictures, is based on the 2015 Paula Hawkins psychological thriller, which debuted at number one on The New York Times bestseller list. Along with Blunt, the film also stars Justin Theroux as her ex-husband Tom and Rebecca Ferguson as Tom's new wife, Anna.
It follows Watson as she discovers that Megan (Haley Bennett), who lives near Tom and Anna, has been reported missing shortly after she spies Megan cheating on her husband Scott (Luke Evans).
"The Girl on the Train" is scheduled to hit theaters on Oct. 7.
