Bunny boiler bites back: Remake of 1987 hit film Fatal Attraction to get ‘woke’ makeover
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The Bunny Cauldron Bites: Remake of the 1987 hit film Fatal Attraction to get a ‘woke’ makeover
- The 1987 film starring Glenn Close and Michael Douglas as star-crossed lovers
- Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson to take over for #MeToo-influenced TV remake
- The focus will be placed on the abusive husband’s contempt for the vulnerable lover.
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Fatal Attraction is getting an ‘awakened’ makeover, told from the rabbit boiler’s point of view.
The reboot of the gripping tale of a cheating husband and his vengeful lover that shocked audiences 35 years ago may not even feature the gruesome death of a pet rabbit.
The 1987 film starred Glenn Close and Michael Douglas as the star-crossed lovers, obsessive Alex Forrest and New York lawyer Dan Gallagher, played in the TV remake by Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson.
When Fatal Attraction returns next year in eight one-hour episodes on Paramount+, it will be the abusive husband’s callous contempt for his vulnerable lover that will be the focus of the #MeToo-influenced update.
Joshua Jackson (right) and Lizzy Caplan (left) are filming a new series, Fatal Attraction, based on the provocative 1987 film of the same name starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close.
“It will explore fatal attraction and the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women, personality disorders and coercive control,” the streaming service said.
Scenes filmed in Los Angeles earlier this year, in which Jackson’s character runs along a beach with his golden retriever, have also sparked speculation that Dan’s dog could replace his daughter’s bunny as a victim of anger. from Alex.
Ms. Caplan, who became famous in 2004’s Mean Girls, says the updated version “shows a degree of progress”, adding: “You could never do the 1980 version of this now.”
While the original focused on Alex Forrest’s vengeful mania, the new version looks at Dan Gallagher’s callous mistreatment and the ‘ghosting’ of a damaged woman he uses and abandons.
The reboot of the gripping tale of a cheating husband and his vengeful lover that shocked audiences 35 years ago may not even feature the gruesome death of a pet rabbit. Pictured: Michael Douglas (left) and Glenn Close (right) in the 1987 original
“The original movie is still great,” Ms. Caplan told Grazia USA. ‘It’s still scary, and it makes you ask big questions.
“But audiences saw it through a 1980s perspective: This amazing guy makes a mistake, and this horrible woman is trying to ruin his life.”
Paramount+ executive Nicole Clemens says the story has “until now only been told from the male gaze.” The remake, she adds, “will bring the next explosive chapter in this story to a new generation, with a balanced look at the complexities of the human psyche.”
The producers can also relive the alternate ending, filmed for the original but discarded, in which Alex slits his own throat and bleeds to death to frame Dan for his murder.
Glenn Close hated the ending of the film, which painted Alex as a psychopath, telling interviewers, “I was playing a fragile, disturbed human being, who I had grown to love.”