‘Fatal Attraction’ Boss Reveals What Happened When She Emailed Glenn Close About Remaking the 1987 Film

variety.com:

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor “Fatal Attraction” showrunner Alexandra Cunningham says it was at a table read on Zoom when she knew that Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan had the chemistry to make her reimagining of the 1987 movie work. “The entire cast was there and it’s everyone in their little windows,” Cunningham told me at the premiere of the Paramount+ series Monday night in West Hollywood at the Pacific Design Center. “As soon as Josh and Lizzy started talking to each other, there was chemistry.

When you have chemistry on Zoom, you’re going to have chemistry when you meet in real life.” She continued, “Immediately it was like, ‘These people are really flirting.

These people are really living this moment.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, my god, it’s gonna be okay.’” In the eight-part series, Jackson stars as Dan Gallagher with Caplan as Alex Forrest, roles played by Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in the original film.

The team behind the series insists it’s not a remake of the movie, but rather an expanded adaptation that provides more insight into Alex’s behavior.About last night.. #FatalAttraction #justforvariety pic.twitter.com/M7Xcfg6jFU Jackson said he and Caplan had met in passing at Showtime events when he was starring in “The Affair” and she in “Masters of Sex.” But as soon as they were both signed onto “Fatal Attraction,” they began texting. “We have a 700-page text chain that started months before we ever got into it,” Jackson said before joking, “We should publish it but I do want to work again so maybe we shouldn’t.” Cunningham also revealed that she was in touch with Close via email.