'The Commuter' trivia and fun facts
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Myers Briggs
The sixteen personalities that Joanna refers to when she strikes up the initial conversation on the train are the Myers Briggs types.
Vera & trains
The second film to feature Vera Farmiga and an incident on a commuter train, following 'Source Code' (2011).
A thousand times Michael
Liam Neeson has played characters with Michael's name on several occasions. In films like 'Third person', 'Michael Collins', 'Husbands and wives' or 'Lamb'.
A-Team
Reunites Liam Neeson and Patrick Wilson, who co-starred in 'A-Team' (2010).
Short but expensive
Despite receiving the prominent second billing, Vera Farmiga has only about 6 minutes of screen time.
No trains
Neeson revealed on a talk show that no scenes were filmed on board an actual train. Instead, all of these scenes were shot on a soundstage, with the same single mock-up train cabinet serving as all of them, only slightly redressed, and all the outside scenery added in post production with the help of green screens.
Long collaboration
Liam Neeson and director Jaume Collet-Serra have worked together on other occasions, in films such as 'Non-Stop', 'Unknown' and 'Run All Night'.