Character Relationship Map: Ghosted

Characters

• Cole Turner (played by Chris Evans) — protagonist

  Cole Turner is a lonely agricultural author who meets Sadie Rhodes at a Washington, D.C. farmers' market and falls for her after an all-night date. Mistaking her silence for ghosting, he travels to Lo...

• Sadie Rhodes (played by Ana de Armas) — protagonist

  Sadie Rhodes is a CIA operative who secretly works under the identity of the Taxman. She initially dates Cole Turner while concealing her profession, rescues him in Pakistan, and uses him in a dangero...

• Leveque (played by Adrien Brody) — supporting

  Leveque is a disgraced French Intelligence agent who is selling the stolen Aztec bioweapon. He employs arms dealers, bounty hunters, and Wagner while pursuing the passcode needed to access it. He repe...

• Wagner (played by Mike Moh) — supporting

  Wagner is Leveque's henchman and a capable combatant assigned to transport Sadie, Cole, and the locked Aztec case. He discovers evidence of Cole and Sadie's relationship, survives Cole's parachute esc...

• Utami (played by Steve Park) — minor

  Utami is an interested buyer seeking to purchase the Aztec bioweapon from Leveque. At the revolving restaurant, Sadie sells him the passcode for ten million dollars, then uses the money to place a bou...

• Marco (played by Marwan Kenzari) — supporting

  Marco is Sadie Rhodes's former lover and an old contact from her operative life. After Cole and Sadie reach a nearby town, Marco warns Cole that Sadie prioritizes missions over the lives of her boyfri...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Leveque → Utami (Professional Arms Deal Counterparty) — Their relationship is based on a high-stakes weapons transaction.

  Leveque meets Utami at a revolving restaurant because Utami is interested in buying the Aztec bioweapon.

• Sadie Rhodes → Marco (Romantic Former Lover) — Their past romance complicates Cole's trust in Sadie.

  Marco is explicitly described as Sadie's old contact and former lover when they meet in the nearby town.

• Cole Turner → Sadie Rhodes (Romantic Partner) — Their romance develops through deception, danger, conflict, and renewed trust.

  Cole and Sadie share an all-night date and have sex before she stops answering his messages. They later rekindle their relationship and travel togethe...

• Leveque → Wagner (Professional Henchman) — Wagner carries out Leveque's operational orders.

  Leveque leaves Wagner in charge of the plane carrying Sadie, Cole, and the locked Aztec case.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Sadie Rhodes → Wagner (Conflict Captive's Guard) — Wagner supervises Sadie while she is being used in Leveque's plan.

  Leveque leaves Wagner on the plane with Sadie, Cole, and the locked Aztec case, making him responsible for the operation.

• Cole Turner → Utami (Narrative Negotiation Asset) — Cole's assumed identity makes him central to the attempted sale.

  Cole masquerades as the Taxman and offers the passcode at the meeting attended by Utami.

• Sadie Rhodes → Utami (Conflict Negotiating Opponent) — Sadie manipulates Utami's interest to create leverage against Leveque.

  Sadie sells the passcode to Utami for ten million dollars, then uses the money to place a bounty on Leveque.

• Wagner → Cole Turner (Conflict Combatant) — Their final fight is a major component of the restaurant climax.

  Wagner fights Cole one-on-one in the restaurant's mechanical room, where Cole ultimately throws him into the damaged mechanism.

• Cole Turner → Leveque (Conflict Enemy) — Cole becomes a target and strategic opponent of Leveque.

  Leveque's forces abduct Cole, use him as bait for the passcode, and later confront him at the revolving restaurant.

• Sadie Rhodes → Leveque (Conflict Primary Adversary) — Leveque is Sadie's principal operational enemy.

  Leveque seeks the passcode for the stolen Aztec bioweapon, while Sadie attempts to recover Aztec and ultimately pursues him.

• Cole Turner → Marco (Social Suspicious Acquaintance) — Marco becomes an uneasy source of information for Cole.

  Cole meets Marco after learning that Marco was Sadie's former lover, and Marco warns him about Sadie's mission priorities.

Story Analysis

A romantic pursuit becomes an international mission in which trust, deception, and unexpected civilian skill determine survival.

Plot Progression

1. A Date Worth Chasing — Cole meets Sadie at a farmers' market and spends an intimate night with her. Her silence afterward leads him to follow her to London.
2. The Taxman Unmasked — Cole is abducted to Pakistan because criminals mistake him for the Taxman. Sadie rescues him and reveals that she is the operative they seek.
3. Bait Among Enemies — Cole and Sadie confront their mutual deception and meet Marco, whose warning deepens their distrust. Marco dies during an ambush, and Sadie chooses to use Cole as bait.
4. The Lost Weapon — The bait operation moves onto a plane carrying Aztec. Cole escapes with the case and wounded Sadie, but Wagner later takes the case during an ambush on Socotra Island.
5. Code And Reckoning — At CIA headquarters, Cole discovers the passcode through agricultural reasoning and agrees to impersonate the Taxman. The restaurant trap leads to a violent confrontation and Leveque's death.