Sophie Thatcher can cry a single tear out of either eye on command.
No, it’s not a party trick, but it blew away writer-director Drew Hancock. During a taut scene in the third act of his sci-fi thriller “Companion,” opening in theaters this weekend via Warner Bros., he asked Thatcher to attempt to shed just one tear while otherwise stone-faced. She dove into the challenge and immediately delivered.
“She can pick which eye it comes out of,” he says, unable to hide his disbelief. “That’s how she’s able to control her physicality. It’s crazy to think about, but for that scene specifically, that scared me because there’s so
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