History Trivia / FatalAttraction

** Creator/IsabelleAdjani, Creator/KirstieAlley, Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/EllenBarkin, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/JenniferBeals, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/JacquelineBisset, Creator/KateCapshaw, Creator/StockardChanning, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/BeverlyDAngelo, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/AlisonDoody, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChristineEbersole, Creator/MorganFairchild, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/MaryGross, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/KayLenz, Creator/HeatherLocklear, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/AmyMadigan, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/Kelly[=McGillis=], Creator/DemiMoore, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/JenniferONeill, Creator/AnnetteOToole, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AnniePotts, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/MimiRogers,
Music/DianaRoss, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/AllySheedy, Creator/CybillShepherd, Creator/ElisabethShue, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/TuesdayWeld, and Creator/DebraWinger were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/EllenBarkin, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/JenniferBeals, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Creator/StockardChanning, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/AlisonDoody, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChristineEbersole, Creator/MorganFairchild, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/MaryGross, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/KayLenz, Creator/HeatherLocklear, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/Kelly[=McGillis=], Creator/DemiMoore, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/AnnetteOToole, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AnniePotts, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/AllySheedy, Creator/CybillShepherd, Creator/ElisabethShue, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/TuesdayWeld, Creator/DebraWinger were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.
** Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JamesBelushi, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/NickNolte, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/JonVoight, Creator/BruceWillis, and ''OJ Simpson'' were all considered for the role of Dan Gallagher.
** Creator/CynthiaRhodes was considered for the role of Beth Gallagher.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/EllenBarkin, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/JenniferBeals, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Creator/StockardChanning, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/AlisonDoody, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChristineEbersole, Creator/MorganFairchild, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/MaryGross, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/KayLenz, Creator/HeatherLocklear, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/Kelly[=McGillis=], Creator/DemiMoore, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/AnnetteOToole, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AnniePotts, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/AllySheedy,
Creator/CybillShepherd, Creator/ElisabethShue, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/TuesdayWeld, Creator/DebraWinger were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/EllenBarkin, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/JenniferBeals, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Creator/StockardChanning, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/AlisonDoody, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChristineEbersole, Creator/MorganFairchild, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/MaryGross, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/KayLenz, Creator/HeatherLocklear,
Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/Kelly[=McGillis=], Creator/DemiMoore, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn, , Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/AnnetteOToole, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AnniePotts, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/AllySheedy,

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/ElisabethShue, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Creator/RaquelWelch were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/ElisabethSue, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Creator/RaquelWelch were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Creator/RaquelWelch were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Creator/RaquelWelch were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Creator/RaquelWelch were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Creator/RaquelWelch were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Creator/RaquelWelch were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Creator/RaquelWelch were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/IsabellaAdjani, Creator/BeverlyDAngelo, Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/EllenBarkin, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/JenniferBeals, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Creator/StockardChanning, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/AlisonDoody, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChristineEbersole, Creator/MorganFairchild, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/MaryGross, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/KayLenz, Creator/HeatherLocklear, Music/{{Madonna}}, [[Creator/KellyMcGillis Kelly [=McGillis=]]], Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/AnnetteOToole, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AnniePotts, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Music/DianaRoss, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/AllySheedy, Creator/CybillShepherd, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone [[Film/BasicInstinct (!)]], Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/TraceyUllman, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/TuesdayWeld, and Creator/DebraWinger were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.
** Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JamesBelushi, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/JohnHeard, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/NickNolte, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/JonVoight, Creator/BruceWillis, and ''OJ Simpson'' were all considered for the role of Dan Gallagher.
** [[Creator/AndieMacDowell Andie [=MacDowell=]]] and Creator/CynthiaRhodes were considered for the role of Beth Gallagher.

''This page is for the [[Film/FatalAttraction film]].''

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/GlennClose was so angry over plans to reshoot the ending that for two weeks, she refused to do it. To this day, she prefers the original version, feeling that Alex was more suicidal than psychotic. Adrian Lyne wasn't keen on having to redo it either and presumably wouldn't have had test audiences not hated it.
** Close felt that her portrayal of Alex Forrest perpetuated stigmas against mental illness, particularly the misconception that people with Borderline Personality Disorder are violent towards others.[[note]]People with BPD are more likely to hurt ''themselves'' than other people.[[/note]] Ironically, she would later create the organization "Bring Change 2 Mind" [[http://bringchange2mind.org]], which is devoted to ''de-stigmatizing'' mental illness.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://youtu.be/GY_NQK7rJrY The original ending]] (which is shown in the Japanese version) had [[spoiler:Alex commit suicide to make it look like Dan did it and Dan getting arrested for Alex's "murder." Dan's wife then finds Alex's note on tape that reveals the whole thing was a suicide and goes to the police about it.]]
** Creator/IsabellaAdjani, Creator/BeverlyDAngelo, Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/EllenBarkin, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/JenniferBeals, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Creator/StockardChanning, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/AlisonDoody, [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChristineEbersole, Creator/MorganFairchild, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/MaryGross, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/KayLenz, Creator/HeatherLocklear, {{Music/Madonna}}, Kelly [=McGillis=], Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/AnnetteOToole, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AnniePotts, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Music/DianaRoss, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creaptr/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/AllySheedy, Creator/CybillShepherd, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone (!), Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/TraceyUllman, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/TuesdayWeld, and Creator/DebraWinger were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/Andie[=MacDowell=] and Creator/CynthiaRhodes were considered for the role of Beth Gallagher.
** Creator/JohnCarpenter and Creator/BrianDePalma were offered the chance to direct but both backed out because they feared that the story was too similar to ''Film/PlayMistyForMe''. De Palma also felt that Creator/MichaelDouglas was not a good leading man, but has since admitted he was wrong about Douglas. Carpenter also turned it down because he felt the audience would not accept the originally scripted, downbeat ending. Creator/JohnBoorman was also offered the director's job but turned it down to do his personal wartime childhood memoir ''Film/HopeAndGlory''.

* WorkingTitle: ''Diversion''.

** Initial scripts were of something more akin to a horror movie.

** Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JamesBelushi, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/JohnHeard, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/JonVoight, Creator/BruceWillis, and ''OJ Simpson'' were all considered for the role of Dan Gallagher.

** Creator/IsabellaAdjani, Creator/BeverlyDAngelo, Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/EllenBarkin, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/JenniferBeals, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Creator/StockardChanning, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/AlisonDoody, [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChristineEbersole, Creator/MorganFairchild, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/MaryGross, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/KayLenz, Creator/HeatherLocklear, {{Music/Madonna}}, Kelly [=McGillis=], Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/AnnetteOToole, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AnniePotts, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Music/DianaRoss, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creaptr/JaneSeymour, Creator/AllySheedy, Creator/CybillShepherd, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone (!), Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/TraceyUllman, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/TuesdayWeld, and Creator/DebraWinger were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/IsabellaAdjani, Creator/BeverlyDAngelo, Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/EllenBarkin, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/JenniferBeals, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Creator/StockardChanning, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/AlisonDoody, [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChristineEbersole, Creator/MorganFairchild, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/MaryGross, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/KayLenz, Creator/HeatherLocklear, {{Music/Madonna}}, Creator/Kelly[=McGillis=], Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/AnnetteOToole, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AnniePotts, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Music/DianaRoss, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creaptr/JaneSeymour, Creator/AllySheedy, Creator/CybillShepherd, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone (!), Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/TraceyUllman, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/TuesdayWeld, and Creator/DebraWinger were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.
** Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JamesBelushi, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/JohnHeard, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JohnTravolta,Creator/JonVoight, Creator/BruceWillis, and ''OJ Simpson'' were all considered for the role of Dan Gallagher.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original ending (which is shown in the Japanese version) had [[spoiler:Alex commit suicide to make it look like Dan did it and Dan getting arrested for Alex's "murder." Dan's wife then finds Alex's note on tape that reveals the whole thing was a suicide and goes to the police about it.]]

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/GlennClose prefers the original ending, feeling that Alex was more suicidal than psychotic.

* PlayingAgainstType: Up to this point in her career, Creator/GlennClose had played warm, fuzzy, earth-mother women and gotten nominated for Oscars three times. This was a radical change—so radical, in fact, that she got stuck playing similar characters for a while.

** Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JamesBelushi, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/JohnHeard, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JohnTravolta,Creator/JonVoight, Creator/BruceWillis, and ''OJSimpson'' were all considered for the role of Dan Gallagher.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Adrian Lyne got Ellen's tearful reaction upon watching her parents argue by bullying the actress and threatening to take away her stuffed animal (that's why she's clutching it). Once the scene was complete, he assured her he was only kidding.

** AFIS100Years100HeroesAndVillains: #7, Alex Forrest

** Creator/IsabellaAdjani, Creator/BeverlyDAngelo, Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/ChristineBaranski, Creator/EllenBarkin, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/JenniferBeals, Creator/CandiceBergen, Creator/KateCapshaw, Creator/StockardChanning, Music/{{Cher}}, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/AlisonDoody, [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], Creator/FayeDunaway, Creator/ChristineEbersole, Creator/MorganFairchild, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/SallyField, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/MaryGross, Creator/LindaHamilton, Creator/DarylHannah, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/HollyHunter, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/KayLenz, Creator/HeatherLocklear, {{Music/Madonna}}, Creator/Kelly[=McGillis=], Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/OliviaNewtonJohn, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/AnnetteOToole, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AnniePotts, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/DianaRoss, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creaptr/JaneSeymour, Creator/AllySheedy, Creator/CybillShepherd, Creator/HelenSlater, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/SharonStone (!), Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/TraceyUllman, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/TuesdayWeld, and Creator/DebraWinger were all considered for the role of Alex Forrest.

** Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JamesBelushi, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/JohnHeard, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JohnTravolta,Creator/JonVoight, Creator/BruceWillis, and ''OJ Simpson'' were all considered for the role of Dan Gallagher.

* WorkingTitle: ''Diversion''.

* DawsonCasting: Alex states her age as 36, but Glenn Close was 40 during filming.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Little Ellen is [[NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation Ruby Sue Johnson]], with shorter hair.
** In addition, she's also TheDanza.
* RevisedEnding: Famously so (see below).