See the Cast of 'Fatal Attraction' Then and Now
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The 1987 film Fatal Attraction was a major moment for filmgoers and for the movie's cast. Now, 35 years after its release, the movie is being remade into a Paramount+ series that will star Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan as Dan Gallagher and Alex Forrest, the pair who engage in what's meant to be a one night stand but turns into much more.
The cast of the original film was packed with major names—Michael Douglas, Glen Close, Jane Krakowski, Anne Archer and others, many of whom are still enjoying thriving careers in the industry. Here is a look at the cast of Fatal Attraction—then and now.
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Michael Douglas took on the role as Dan Gallagher, the man whose one-night stand turns into something far more sinister in the original Fatal Attraction. In March 2023 he looked back on a scene in which his character rearranges his bed sheets so that his wife doesn't suspect he spent the night somewhere else and noted that the audience at the time laughed. For Douglas, this meant that there was more going on with Gallagher than what the audience was met with. He told The Guardian, "Maybe it’s because, in my evilness, the audience can still see there is a struggle and an ambivalence to do the right thing, so I’m not inherently just a violent, nasty person."
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