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Glenn Close Shares Her Concept for a Female-POV ‘Fatal Attraction’ Remake
Released in 1987, Fatal Attraction told the story of a married man (Michael Douglas) whose one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover (Glenn Close) begins to stalk him and his family. Adrian Lyne‘s thriller was told from the perspective of Douglas’ character, who is hunted down by Close’s seemingly psychotic Alex Forrest, a woman who goes to such horrifying extremes as boiling the family’s pet rabbit.
In an interview with Deadline, Close reveals that she’s actually looked into the remake rights and wants to approach the film from a new perspective – not just that of a female, but also the original film’s antagonist. Yes, Close wants to go even deeper than just a gender swap and reflect on why Alex Forrest is the way she is.
“Fatal Attraction was a movie that touched a very, very raw nerve between the sexes,” Close explained.
“We’ve gone back to Paramount to find out, because they own the title,” she says. “I think they’ve had some things in the works, but I do think it would be interesting to take the exact story basically, and do it from her point of view.
“I think she’d become a tragic figure, rather than perceived as an evil figure.”
In the fashion typical of female roles back then, Alex was often seen as a one-note character; nothing more than a ‘crazy’ woman. “It’s so easy to make people who probably have one mental disorder diagnosis the antagonist, to make them the bad people,” Close says. “And it just feeds into the stigma. But I do think it would be interesting. It would be very upsetting to do it from her point of view.”
Interestingly, it appears that some of the interview has been rewritten. The original quotes in which she talks about the father-daughter relationship can be found by clicking here.
While a quick gender swap and the addition of a female writer/director is already an interesting way to turn a story on its back, Close is offering depth on another level that should really inspire other filmmakers. The more critical thinking that infects Hollywood, the more original and unique takes on old stories we’ll get. What do you think?
A new article published on Variety this afternoon details Lionsgate’s ambitious plans for their relaunch of The Strangers franchise, which kicks off with The Strangers: Chapter 1 in theaters on May 17, 2024. The new movie begins a brand new story that will continue in two subsequent sequels, one expected this coming Fall and the next likely to arrive in early 2025.
All three films were directed by Renny Harlin (A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master, Deep Blue Sea), with the new trilogy centered on Madelaine Petsch’s Maya, who drives cross-country with her boyfriend Ryan (Froy Gutierrez) to begin a new life in the Pacific Northwest.
When their car breaks down in Venus, Oregon, they’re forced to spend the night in a secluded Airbnb, where they are terrorized from dusk till dawn by three masked strangers.
The project originally began as one massive script before being split up into three feature films, but could we ever see this new trilogy united once more in one big ass supercut?
Speaking with Variety for the aforementioned piece that went up today, both Lionsgate executive Geobert Abboud and Renny Harlin suggested that idea is being actively explored.
Abboud tells the site when asked about a 4.5 hour Director’s Cut that there is “some version of that we’ve discussed at a high level that we’d like to see at some point.”
Director Renny Harlin chimes in, “It’s in our heads. This is definitely what we want to do. We want to cut together the full arc.”
“We know exactly how to do it, then we’ll create a movie and see who are those diehard fans who will come to the movie theater for four and a half hours,” he adds. “I don’t know if we need to have an intermission so people can get some food and go to the bathroom, but I definitely want to have that event and see if people take four and a half hours of dread and fear and terror and despair.”
The Strangers began in 2008 with Bryan Bertino’s original home invasion horror movie, a terrifying film that introduced three masked killers who returned 10 years later with The Strangers: Prey at Night in 2018. The first film took place in a remote house in the woods while the sequel brought the murderous Man in the Mask, Dollface and Pinup Girl into a trailer park.
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