Who’s in The Runner? Get to know the mystery thriller film’s all-star cast

A high-stakes kidnapping kicks off The Runner in the middle of London: Maia, a top-flight attorney, answers a call from a stranger who says her son has been taken. From there, the voice on the line steers her through a set of increasingly dangerous instructions, forcing her to make split‑second choices as the clock bears down.

The thriller unfolds in real time fashion, with the anonymous mastermind dictating Maia’s moves while she scrambles across the city. The setup leans hard into cat‑and‑mouse tension and a parent’s worst nightmare.

One phone call pulls an elite London lawyer into a race to save her kidnapped son.

The cast

Gal Gadot leads the film as Maia, with a supporting lineup built to amplify the mystery around that relentless caller.

• Gal Gadot — Maia, an elite London lawyer (Wonder Woman, Fast & Furious)
• Damian Lewis — “The Caller,” the voice on the line; further character details are under wraps (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood as Steve McQueen, Dreamcatcher, Pressure)
• Alfred Enoch — Ted ( the Harry Potter films as Dean Thomas, How to Get Away with Murder, Troy: Fall of a City, Trust Me)
• Rory Wilmot — Noah, Maia’s son (FBI: International, Unchosen)

Lewis’s role is being deliberately kept in the shadows beyond that ominous title, while Enoch and newcomer Wilmot round out the stakes on the ground around Maia.

Die Hard vibes?

If the premise rings a bell, you’re not imagining it: like 1995’s Die Hard with a Vengeance, the action kicks off with a mysterious caller who sets the hero on a punishing series of tasks. The key difference here is the personal hook — a mother racing to save her child — which points the story in a different emotional direction and raises the stakes inside every choice Maia has to make.

Plot specifics beyond that setup are being kept tight for now, but the film centers squarely on Maia following the caller’s instructions to get her son back — whatever it takes.