Here’s how the Paramount+ series pays homage to the 1987 film.
Hide your bunnies, becauseFatal Attractionis back!
After all, she won’t be ignored.
Glenn Close and Michael Douglas in the 1987 film ‘Fatal Attraction’; Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan in the Paramount+ series ‘Fatal Attraction’.Paramount/Everett; Zoey Grossman/Paramount+
The basics
In the film, Alex is an editor, and Dan is a lawyer.
In both, Dan has a wife named Beth and one daughter named Ellen.
The series drags it out a bit longer, though not by much.
Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson on ‘Fatal Attraction’.Michael Moriatis/Paramount+
Location
This one is pretty simple: The movie took place in New York.
The show takes place in California.
(A later episode reveals that Alex was behind the drowning.)
Alyssa Jirrels as Ellen Gallagher and Amanda Peet as Beth Gallagher on ‘Fatal Attraction’.Michael Moriatis/Paramount+
Episode 3 ends with another movie moment: Alex covering Dan’s car in acid.
Although Alex never boils a bunny, she does set fire to a house with Beth inside.
One more similarity to the film?
Alex claims to be pregnant, though we never know if she’s telling the truth.
The series ends with Ellen, Dan’s daughter, becoming obsessed with one of her professors.
New episode ofFatal Attractionhit Paramount+ on Sundays.
