In a few days, Rebecca Ferguson will be seen alongside an eclectic cast in The Magic Faraway Tree, an adaptation of Enid Blyton’s fantasy novels for children. It’s a departure for the Swedish actor, whose 2026 slate is dominated by sci-fi projects aimed at adult audiences. She began the year with the poorly received “screen-life” movie Mercy and followed it up with the third season of her beloved Apple TV show Silo. Later this year, Ferguson will reprise her role as Lady Jessica in Denis Villeneuve’s hotly anticipated Dune: Part Three. Thanks to roles in major franchises, Ferguson’s star rose over the years following her breakout performance in the period drama series The White Queen. Now, one of her earliest hits is streaming in the United States on Netflix, but only for a little while longer.
The movie in question turned a decade old this year, having been released theatrically in 2016. It was based on a bestselling thriller novel, and was likely fast-tracked after the smashing success of David Fincher’s Gone Girl a couple of years earlier. Ferguson played a pivotal supporting role in the movie, which was headlined by Emily Blunt. It also featured Luke Evans, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Allison Janney, and others. The film wasn’t very well received, but it did stupendously well at the box office. It grossed more than $170 million worldwide against a reported budget of $50 million — much less than Gone Girl’s $370 million-plus gross, but over three times its reported budget.
Watch Rebecca Ferguson’s Psychological Thriller on Netflix Before It’s Too Late
We’re talking, of course, about The Girl on the Train. Combining the mystery elements of Gone Girl with the Hitchcockian thrills of Rear Window, the movie is now sitting at a 44% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator website’s consensus reads, “Emily Blunt’s outstanding performance isn’t enough to keep The Girl on the Train from sliding sluggishly into exploitative melodrama.” Like Ferguson, Blunt has also had an extraordinary year so far. She appeared in The Devil Wears Prada 2, which grossed nearly $700 million worldwide, and then headlined Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, which grossed almost $250 million globally. You can watch The Girl on the Train on Netflix until August 31. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
- Release Date
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October 5, 2016
- Runtime
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112 minutes
- Writers
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Erin Cressida Wilson
- Producers
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Celia D. Costas, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Marc Platt








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