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Blunt, married to actor John Krasinski and known for
embracing comedy in "The Devil Wears Prada," "The Five-Year
Engagement" and "Into the Woods" told Reuters that she wanted
the challenge of portraying something darker.
"It's just to do something else and something incredibly damaged
and unsettling," the actress said on the train track-themed
carpet at the film's London premiere on Tuesday.
In "The Girl on the Train," based on Paula Hawkins' novel of the
same name and out in theaters on Oct. 7, Blunt plays Rachel
Watson, a lonely woman devastated by divorce and battling
alcohol addiction.
Infatuated by the seemingly perfect couple (Luke Evans and Haley
Bennett) she sees from her daily commuter train that runs past
their house, Rachel sees something shocking one day and becomes
enraged.
Driven by intrigue, passion and suspense, Rachel has a chance to
engage in the lives she has only watched from afar, but the
lengths she goes to uncover the truth could lead her to a
dangerous situation.
"It's a story full of broken people suffering with their own
demons and addictions and betrayal and loss and love," Evans
said.
Director Tate Taylor, best known for 2011's "The Help," said he
was drawn to the exploration of "humanity and the human
condition at its worst," and wanted to portray an accurate
representation of addiction.
"I felt like I had a duty to represent (addiction) properly for
all those affected by it," he said.
(Reporting by Reuters TV in London; Writing by Piya Sinha-Roy in
Los Angeles; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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