Cabin pressure

Psychological thriller The Woman in Cabin 10 releases tomorrow.

Starring Keira Knightley, the movie follows Laura ‘Lo’ Blacklock, a journalist. While on a lavish yacht assignment, she sees a passenger being thrown overboard. When guests and crew do not believe her, she decides to risk her life to uncover the truth.

The film is an adaptation of the titular 2016 book by Ruth Ware, which was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards in the Best Mystery and Thriller category that year.

While she was not involved in the scriptwriting, Ruth said in an interview that she was on board with filmmaker Simon Stone’s vision.

“It’s like waving your baby off to Kindergarten,” she expressed.

“But the cast and team behind it were incredible and I did feel my baby was in good hands. And thank goodness, it was.

“The heart of the book is very much in the film and all the reasons I wanted to write it are there,” she added.

The author also praised Keira’s performance in the film as she recalled her first time watching it, describing it as an ‘out-of-body experience’.

Some of the English actor’s notable roles include Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and period drama Pride and Prejudice (2005).

“Keira is a lot more beautiful than I’d imagine Lo,” Ruth said.

“Lo in my head was always just more of a kind of everywoman, but I think she’s really caught what I was trying to create with Lo’s spirit, like she brings that sort of slightly anxious, slightly vulnerable, but fundamentally incredibly tough, dogged, driven persona, she just captures that perfectly,” she added.

Earlier this year, a sequel to the novel titled The Woman in Suite 11 hit the shelves, taking place 10 years after the original.

An adaptation of the new book is yet to be announced.