WHERE'S THE BUNNY? 'Balanced' remake of 'Fatal Attraction' may skip iconic scene and change ENDING!

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The 80s 'Fatal Attraction' told the story of an infidelity committed by a man who finds himself in a true nightmare because of the criminal obsession he awakens in his lover when he decides not to leave his wife for her. While the original focused on Alex Forrest’s vengeful mania, the remake looks at Dan Gallagher’s callous mistreatment and 'ghosting' of a damaged woman he uses and dumps.

Speaking to Grazia magazine, Caplan said, "The original movie is still great. It’s still scary, and makes you ask big questions. But audiences saw it through a 1980s perspective – this amazing guy makes one mistake and this horrible woman is trying to ruin his life." She adds that "the idea that you could never make the 1980s version of this now, shows some degree of progress." "And that this is thanks to the MeToo movement and "what that set in motion," although she doesn’t think we’ve "reached any finish line," but it does "show how far we have come."

The #MeToo-influenced revamp will center on the abusive husband's callous disregard for his vulnerable partner when the show airs on Paramount+ in 8 one-hour episodes in 2023. "It will explore fatal attraction and the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women, personality disorders, and coercive control," the streaming service said.

It has also been suggested that Dan's dog might take the place of his daughter's rabbit as the target of Alex's rage because Jackson was seen running along a beach with a golden retriever in Los Angeles during the shoot. Paramount+ executive Nicole Clemens says the story "has thus far only been told from the male gaze." "The remake will bring the next explosive chapter of this story to a new generation, with a balanced eye to the complexities of the human psyche," she adds. 

Producers might also bring back the alternate ending, which was filmed for the original but was aborted, in which Alex slashes her throat and causes her to bleed to death in order to blame Dan for the crime. Glenn Close hated the film’s ending, as per Daily Mail, which painted Alex as a psychopath, "I was playing a disturbed, fragile human being, whom I had grown to love."