Given how many movie and TV roles Emily Mortimer has tackled thus far in her career (44 at latest count), it’s hard to believe she’s only been working professionally for a little more than 13 years. Following bit parts in movies like The Ghost and the Darkness and Notting Hill, she quickly established herself as one of the most versatile and adventuresome actresses of her generation. And while her most talked-about role to date was previously that of an insecure actress who subjects herself to a fully exposed, unmerciful critique of her physical assets in Nicole Holofcener’s Lovely & Amazing, she courts controversy yet again as the main character in Brad Anderson’s murder mystery-cum-thriller Transsiberian.

In the film, Mortimer plays a dissatisfied newlywed who struggles to be faithful to her doting husband Roy (played by Woody Harrelson), with disastrous consequences. IGN recently caught up with Mortimer via telephone to discuss her participation in the film; in addition, she talks about the fearful process of finding each new character she plays, and collaborating with filmmakers to find deeper truths among each project’s entertaining core.

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