Emily Blunt 'too beautiful' for The Girl On The Train role, author agrees

By Ebony Bowden
Updated October 3 2016 - 11:09am, first published September 21 2016 - 8:17pm
Emily Blunt as overweight alcoholic Rachel Watson in the film adaptation of <i>The Girl On The Train</i>. Photo: Barry Wetcher/Universal Pictures
Emily Blunt as overweight alcoholic Rachel Watson in the film adaptation of <i>The Girl On The Train</i>. Photo: Barry Wetcher/Universal Pictures
Emily Blunt as Rachel Watson in The Girl on the Train.
Emily Blunt as Rachel Watson in The Girl on the Train.

The author of best-selling novel The Girl on the Train said filmmakers did their best to make Emily Blunt look "a bit shit" ahead of her lead role in the movie adaptation.