Glenn Close defined the film that she says made audiences finally realize that she could be more than Cruella de Vil, her 1978 film. Fatal attraction.
“I think it was the first time people realized I could be sexy,” Close, 77, said during an interview with today’with Willie Geist on the Sunday, January 19 episode Sunday meeting.
The film stars Close as Alex Forrest, a woman who begins an affair with Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas). She becomes increasingly mentally unstable as it becomes clear that he is trying to end the relationship, eventually leading to her death.
The film started out as a short Deviation before being developed into a feature-length production by a writer-director James Dearden. It spent eight weeks at number one at the box office and was the second highest-grossing film of 1987, behind Three men and a baby. Fatal Attraction grossed more than $157 million domestically and earned six Oscar nominations, including for Close.
In addition to reminiscing about her storied Hollywood career, Close recently opened up about her personal life. While appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show on Monday, January 13, the actress was asked if she was in a relationship after her 2015 divorce. David Shaw. (The couple was married for nine years.) Close revealed that not only was she single the whole time, but she’s “very happy right now.”
After host Drew Barrymore when asked if Close had tried any dating apps, she replied: “Are you crazy?” before adding: “No, I’m too shy to do that.”
Close also said she’s not particularly interested in finding a relationship. “I’m not looking,” she added. “Because I’m not really a particularly, comfortably, social person, so I’m in no rush to go to a party.”
Before her marriage to Shaw, Close was married to James Marlas from 1984 to 1987 and Cabot Wade from 1969 to 1971 She also shares a daughter, Annie Starke Albuwith an ex-boyfriend John Strong.
The actress continued to act several critically acclaimed films the following Fatal attractioninclusive Dangerous connections, The Wife, Hillbilly Elegy, Air Force One and 101 Dalmatians. She also won an Emmy Award for the 1995 TV movie Serving in Silence: The Story of Margaret Kammermeier.
Close has yet to win an Oscar for acting, though he has nominated eight times throughout his career. In 2021, she said Diversity that she is not too upset about the loss. “It’s beyond me. I don’t know what to say about that,” she explained. I just have to keep doing what’s good. You are fulfilled with your work and this is the process for me. It’s what feeds my soul, but it’s really nice when other people like it. Maybe it’s great to never get one.
