Gran Close (Alex) and Michael Douglas (Dan) in a scene from “Fatal Attraction.”
From cinema to streaming. That route has also come to be popular with the Hollywood elite Deadly Attraction, the film will hit the Paramount+ grid in miniseries format. How will the rabbit at this time?
Exactly 35 years after the debut of Adrian Lyne’s iconic erotic thriller, its female lead, Glenn Close, gave some smart advice for the “sister” series: that this time Alex (her character, who already alive Deadly Attractions to Dan, Michael Douglas) looks more like a kinder woman, far from the “crazy” stereotype.
“I hope they tell their backstory …” Close told Entertainment Tonight . “Alex is someone who needs a lot of help. He is a fragile man”.
Glenn Close, a few days ago, arrives at the Met gala in New York. Photo by AFP
Ending the original script of Deadly Attraction it ended with Alex/Close’s suicide. According to reports, at trial hearings they didn’t like the darker endingand Lyne chooses to let Alex die at the hands of Beth (Anne Artcher), Dan’s wife.
“I mean, I would be flattered if this is what we originally thought,” Close said of the Paramount +series. “But I’m obviously curious.”
After the premiere of Deadly Attraction In September 1987, the film garnered six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Close. Stars in the Paramount+ series Lizzy Caplan as Alex and Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher, her ex -boyfriend. Plot details are kept under wrap while the series is currently in production.
“He and Lizzy are just the thing. to tell a nuanced, modern narrative about the complexities of the human mind. We are excited to partner with them to bring this provocative and captivating story to a new generation, ”said Nicole Clemens, President of the Paramount+ Series Division.
Lizzy Caplan will play Alex Forrest, the character played by Glenn Close in the original film.
He added: “The intention is bring the next explosive chapter of this story to a new generation with a balanced look in the complexities of the human mind.
People who are not balanced …
Close what was said earlier IndieWire that he “loved” the acting Alex and he didn’t think he was a villain. “I’m glad the film has become part of our culture,” Close said. “[Sin embargo] unbalanced people are easily ridiculed and turned into bad people, which maintains stigma”.
the star of Tehran He also revealed that he hopes the series explores Alex’s “point of view” as a “tragic figure” rather than imagined as pure evil.
The Resurrection series is part of Paramount +’s push to bring movie titles to the small screen, as happened backstage with Ninong, The offer. Ben Travers of indiewire, I consider The offer a “bland IP extension” to the franchise in its review of the series, starring Miles Teller, Dan Fogler, Matthew Goode and Juno Temple.
Released in 1987, the film grossed $ 14 million and grossed $ 320.
The film was directed by Adrian Lyne and written by James Dearden and was a real success to the public. The film was the highest grossing film that year, grossing $ 320 million.then start with a budget of just 14 million.
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Source: Clarin
