Fan Casting Michelle Payne in John Woo's Max Payne

Max's wife, murdered in the film's prologue. She appears in sunlit flashbacks and drug-addled nightmares, embodying the domestic peace Max lost and the guilt he carries for not being there to protect her. Michelle's radiant specificity that haunts the entire film. Her voice, preserved in diary entries, threads the conspiracy through the emotional core of Max's rampage.