Originally published September 22, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the filmmakers behind the adaptation of best-selling novel The Girl on the Train may have found their leading men.
Captain America star Chris Evans and Oscar winner Jared Leto (Suicide Squad) are in negotiations to join the cast of Dreamworks’ adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ novel. Emily Blunt (Sicario), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) and Haley Bennett (The Magnificent Seven) are already on board the film as the female leads, with Tate Taylor (The Help) directing.
The film tells the story of Rachel (Blunt), “a woman who’s jobless and an alcoholic and who spends her daily train ride fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple living in a house that she passes. After coming home one night covered in blood and unable to remember much from a blackout drinking episode, she begins to realize that she may have witnessed or been involved in a crime.”
Ferguson plays the former mistress of Rachel’s ex-husband Tom (who Evans would play) while Bennett plays a character called Megan, a neighbour who Rachel slowly becomes obsessed with. Leto would play her husband.
What could stop any potential deals for Evans and Leto are their packed schedules, which may well include Marvel and DC commitments respectively.
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