Kiera Knightley’s latest thriller, The Woman In Cabin 10, is proof super yachts make for the perfect crime scene.
The psychological thriller follows Lo Blacklock, a travel journalist who lands a dream assignment: covering the maiden voyage of an ultra-luxurious boutique cruise ship through the Norwegian fjords. Think: champagne breakfasts, glamorous guests, and endless ocean views
But on the first night, Lo hears what sounds like a woman being thrown overboard from the cabin next door. When she reports it, she’s told that the cabin was never occupied. There’s no body, no evidence, and a ship full of polished alibis, leaving her questioning everything, including her sanity.
So, what inspired this harrowing story?
The new Netflix thriller is based on the book of the same name by author Ruth Ware.
On her 2016 novel being adapted for television, Ware said: “Cabin 10, at its heart, is about a woman who experiences something wrong, reports it truthfully, and isn’t taken seriously because of who she is.
She told Tudum, “Too many people know what that feels like and I think we want vindication for ourselves as much as Lo.”
The Woman In Cabin 10 isn’t based on a true story but it was inspired by real-life experiences.
The idea for the novel came to author Ruth Ware while on a cruising holiday herself, where the isolated setting and eerie quiet left her to ponder what might happen if someone vanished at sea.
Ware has also spoken about the universal appreciation that “the fear of not being believed is perennial.”
Speaking to ELLE, Ward revealed the idea was sparked by a period of time around 2014-15 where the news was plagued with stories of women “whose word was not taken at face value; whose word was instead endlessly dissected and pulled apart.”
She added: “It seemed to me that if you were a woman, you were further down the scale in the hierarchy. If you were a young woman, you were even further down. And if you are a young drunk woman, you were right at the bottom in terms of whether people would believe you.”
Some have drawn parallels to the famous case of Amy Bradley who disappeared from a cruise ship in 1998 while on holiday with her family, however this is mere coincidence.
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