Lizzy Caplan and showrunner Alexandra Cunningham preview shifting perspectives in their 'Fatal Attraction' series.
) as he began an affair with book editor Alex. And let's just say Alex didn't appreciate it when Dan wanted to stay with his wife.
"I did a lot of reading about the film and Glenn Close talking about the empathy she had for Alex, and how she felt that Alex was out of control and obviously not evil, which I definitely agree with because I don't believe in evil," Cunningham tells EW. "Glenn talked about how, when she was doing the character work on Alex, she brought the script to two different psychiatrists, and neither one of them brought up mental illness, because it was the '80s and nobody did that.
With that idea of shifting perspectives guiding her, Cunningham started writing the show. And all the while, she had one actress in mind to step into Alex's shoes:A big fan of the film, Caplan immediately saw that there was more to explore. "In the film, Alex is the villain of the story, and Dan is the hero and there is no gray area," Caplan says. "Now, audiences have changed so much, we are no longer primed to believe in this villainous woman story.
"There's a lot to unpack with her," Caplan continues. "She has a full backstory and a full point of view in our show. With a limited series, there's an opportunity to take more time getting to know all of these characters.". "I'm so happy that Josh is playing this role," Caplan says of Jackson, whom she'd never met prior to this series. "He was the greatest partner. We had to do some pretty full-on stuff with each other.
"We want to entertain people who are familiar with the touchstones of the original movie, but also people who have no idea what it is," Cunningham says. "If people are interested, we want them to be able to jump in and enjoy it for its own merits, even if they don't have context for bunny boiling."
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