Alex ugly as hell

Totally agree. Love the movie but never did think she was the right choice. I think they should've reversed her and Ann Archer though not sure Archer could've played the psycho role convincingly.

She's not pretty, but could be considered hot or sexually appealing in a libido sort of way. I admit she is more attractive as the story progresses. But, her face? Not pretty. Sorry.

I'm guessing that Glenn Close, even when she was "young" had a decidedly matronly vibe to her appearance. Thus, she isn't exactly the first woman you would think when casting a femme fatale. I always thought that it was funny that she played the wholesome, almost angelic nice girl that Robert Redford should be with in The Natural and then turned around and played this disturbingly obsessive, possibly borderline personality disorder suffering harpy in Fatal Attraction.

However, many over actresses would give a lesser preformance or not being able to pull it off at all.

Just thank that Glenn Close doing an amazing and memorable job.

Never found her attractive and the hairstyle dosent help, but she usually acts everyone off the screen, great actress!

She was not attractive.

Close does a great job in this film and makes you fear and hate the sick bitch which takes skill, so I respect her work and wouldn’t really want to recast a role which has become iconic, but the problem remains - why would Douglas cheat on his smoking hot and lovely wife with the considerably less attractive Close?

I find Glenn Close very sexy in this film. Would definitely bang.

Alex (Glenn Close) looks pretty dang sharp to me. And she has a more shapely body compared to Beth (Anne Archer), which isn't to say that Beth is unattractive. As the story progresses, we see how truly disturbed Alex is; then it's only natural to view her as ugly.