MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Star Rebecca Ferguson Joins Emily Blunt in THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

After kicking ass alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, it looks like actress Rebecca Ferguson is jumping on board a Hitchcockian thriller with another of Cruise's former co-stars, Emily Blunt. Deadline reports that Ferguson is in talks to join the cast of The Girl on the Train, which The Help helmer Tate Taylor will direct.

Here's the synopsis of the book on which the film is based:

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?

Blunt will play Rachel, while Ferguson will play a character named Anna, one of three major female roles.

The actress has taken herself out of the running for a lead in Channing Tatum's Gambit in order to take this role instead, and based on what I know about Gambit so far, that frankly seems like a wise move. I haven't read the novel on which this film is based, but Ferguson was so great in Rogue Nation that I hope she continues to get increasingly better roles and moves her way up to the A-list so we can see her turn in more solid performances on a regular basis. Excited about this one?