'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.
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).
Vera & trains
The second film to feature Vera Farmiga and an incident on a commuter train, following 'Source Code' (2011).
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'.
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.