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'Fatal Attraction' series attempts to balance affair blame
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FILE - Joshua Jackson, left, and Lizzy Caplan, cast members in the Paramount+ television series "Fatal Attraction" pose for a portrait during the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Pasadena, Calif. - photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — “ Fatal Attraction,″ the 1987 thriller film, introduced a female character (played by Glenn Close) who has a fling with a married man (played by Michael Douglas) and then obsesses and stalks him and his family after he tries to end it. Close's character entered a new label for women – “bunny boiler”-- into pop culture lexicon. A Paramount+ TV series debuting Sunday is based on the movie but attempts to make both Dan and Alex — played by Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan — accountable for their actions.