Rebecca Ferguson joins The Girl On the Train cast opposite Emily Blunt

Having Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson working together would be a dream come true, as the two actresses are both incredibly talented, and Blunt is incredibly underused in Hollywood. She recently tested for the role of Belladonna Boudreaux aka Bella in the X-Men spinoff/Channing Tatum-starring vehicle Gambit.

Blunt will play Rachel, the story’s primary narrator, a jobless alcoholic who, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily train ride fantasizing about the seemingly ideal couple who live in a house that she passes. And then she sees something shocking.

Ferguson nabbed the part following her breakout role opposite Tom Cruise in this summer’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation“. 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.

London-based journalist turned author Paula Hawkins published the book in January 2015 as her first novel. It was the #1 book on the New York Times bestseller list for 19 weeks following its release.

As is the way of things, the movie rights to the book were actually sold long before it reached shelves and production is already ramping up. Tate Taylor, who has earned raves for his work on films like THE HELP and GET ON UP, will switch gears and try his hand in the mystery genre as director of this film.