"Bullet Train" Is Loaded With Hair and Makeup Symbolism

Arceneaux's favorite character to work on was White Death, who is revealed to be played by Michael Shannon at the end of the film. She and the film's director, Leitch, collaborated on the tattoo collection you see on him.

Shannon's tattoos feature designs from around the world — they aren't all Russian, which is where his character is from. "[They] told a story of where he's been," Arceneaux says. In the plot, White Death has traveled around the world and been in prison in different countries, and the tattoos he's collected along the way speak to that journey.