WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINSThe Girl on the TrainSPOILERS.
If you somehow have neither readThe Girl on the Trainnor seen the movie yet, turn back now!
But if you have, and youre itching for more, youve come to the right place.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You were very scary at the end of the movie.
JUSTIN THEROUX:Oh good!
I hope I am.
That death scene just went on and on!
Oh god, the worst.
Poor Haley Bennett dragging her around the woods.
[But] she was trying to trap me!
How did you get attached to play Tom in the first place?
It was one of those fantastic sort of hand-in-the-glove moments thats just effortless.
What were your thoughts when you read the script?
And Tate was like, No no no, its largely shot during the day.
And I was like, What?
Then I went back and re-read it.
We dont have the protection of darkness.
But its this very blue, gauzy light… What kind of conversations did you have with Tate about Toms character?
What did you want to focus on?
Its essentially the story of a woman whos been gaslit.
But I used her addiction against her in a way thats manipulative.
I couldnt think of him as a mustache-twirling villain.
I thought of him as a guy who probably thought it was everyone elses fault.
Was there anything you needed to understand about him that wasnt on the page?
So I did that sort of work, as far as their early relationship.
And then what drove him to choose another woman and have a baby.
[Tom and Rachel] couldnt have a child together.
Does he blame her?
I always had to think of him as in the right.
He was always doing the right thing that was best for him.
A narcissist, I guess.
What was your vision of their relationship at its best?
The biggest thing I wanted to know is why didnt Tom leave the house he shared with Rachel?
And hes also been fired, that was the other thing.
Did you come to any reason why nobody ever met his parents?
I just want to know what his deal was!
The deal is, I think he was probably a bit of a quarterback growing up.
What was the biggest challenge for you?
Do we think hes killed several people?
And I dont think he had much guilt around it, you know?
