Why Glenn Close?
I don't get it, she doesn't exactly ooz sex appeal. There must've been dozens of other beautiful actresses who could've played this part. Why did they go with Glenn?
shareHer performance was simply jaw-dropping. I watched it for the first time a few days ago, and was in awe. Honestly, she should have had an Oscar. They changed the ending to make her character even less sympathetic, and still she did not come off as a completely one-dimensional bad guy. I think that was entirely Glenn Close's doing.
So glad they were brave enough to go for her although she doesn't quite fit the norm for conventional beauty. The stylists did a good job, though.
Really hope she gets her long overdue Oscar soon!
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According to the trivia page on this movie, Elisabeth Shue was the first choice but she was committed to making Adventures in Babysitting. I like Shue but I think she would have been too young.
shareWell Shue would've been a better choice. It's a shame she wasn't in it, I liked her performance in Leaving Las Vegas. Like I said, Close is a great actress, no doubt about it, but I can't really watch a movie with her clothes off, it just isn't her type of film.
shareOmigod Elizabeth Shue, thank goodness they didn't cast her, quite the blandest actress in Hollywood!
shareGlenn Close was actually you could say, playing against type at the time. Before Fatal Attraction, Glenn Close was typically the go-to actress if you wanted a warm, empathetic earth-mother type (as seen in The World According to Garp, The Natural, and The Big Chill).
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