She won an Academy Award Best Actress nomination for her now-iconic role as 'bunny boiler' Alex Forrest opposite Michael Douglas in Fatal Attraction.
But Glenn Close has said she wants to reprise her part in the 1987 film and retell the story of her alter-ego's obsession with Douglas' character, Dan Gallagher, from her point of view.
The actress, 71, an activist for a greater understanding for mental health issues, told this week's Radio Times the role 'did nothing but feed into the stigma' and admitted she had reservations about the 'bunny boiling' scene at the time.
Speaking out: Glenn Close has said her role as 'bunny boiler' Alex Forrest in 1987's Fatal Attraction (pictured) did 'nothing but feed into the stigma' of mental health
Bunny boiler: Close says that she had 'reservations' about the famous bunny boiling scene
The part in question is the iconic scene in which her alter-ego - a jilted lover - murders the beloved pet belonging to one of her ex's kids after months of stalking and terrorising his family.
The Hollywood star, whose sister has bipolar disorder, added: 'They made her into a psychopath.
'But people who suffer abuse can end up abusers. More interesting now would be the story from her point of view. I had a reservation about the bunny'.
The biggest grossing film of 1987 starred Close opposite Michael Douglas, a happily married lawyer who has a weekend affair while his wife and children are out of town.
After he breaks it off with her, she becomes increasingly unstable and obsessively stalks Douglas' character Dan Gallagher, including stealing and killing his daughter's pet rabbit by boiling it on the stove.
Legendary: The actress, 71, said she wants to reprise her part in the 1987 film and retell the story of her alter-ego's obsession with Michael Douglas' character from her point of view
In the interview, the six-time Oscar nominee also described the #MeToo movement as a 'cultural revolution' that she welcomes.
The Hollywood veteran's plays the highly devoted spouse of Jonathan Pryce in new movie The Wife, which is out in the UK this Friday and is already gathering Oscar buzz.
The stars play Joe and Joan Castleman - who are preparing to travel to Stockholm, Sweden, where Joe is to be presented with the Nobel Prize for Literature.
But on the eve of the biggest honour in her husband's life, Joan reaches her breaking point after 40 years of living in her husband's shadow.
Glenn's daughter Annie, whose father is producer John Starke, appears alongside her famous actress mother in the Björn Runge directed flick.
Speaking of the new film, the three-time Tony and Emmy Award winner told the Radio Times: 'The fights were very organic.
Read the full interview in this week's Radio Times, on sale now
'Last time I saw it with an audience, I found the scenes at the Nobel dinner excruciating – I felt this thing in my chest. It was extraordinary to act. I felt that it was only Jonathan and I in that room. I knew what he was thinking.'
Close has made no secret of how the 'bunny boiler' scene in Fatal Attraction jarred with her.
Speaking on an episode of Harry with Harry Connick Jr. in December 2017, she said: 'I read the script, I read it all in one sitting and when I was finished, I was cold.
'I think it changed my chemistry. The only question I had was, "I don’t know if I believe the boiling bunny part".
'That’s when I went to two psychiatrists and said, "I want to know if this is possible and if possible why", and they both said, "Yes it is possible, there are people who would do that".
In spite of Alex Forrest being regarded as one of the 'great evil people on film', Close insisted she 'really loved' her character.
She added: 'That journey for me made me really love he. She was a woman. She wasn't an evil person though she’s been labeled as one of the great evil people on film.'
The psychological thriller was the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide, and received six Academy Award nominations.
Read the full interview in this week's Radio Times, on sale now.
Activist: The actress, an activist for a greater understanding for mental health issues, told this week's Radio Times she had reservations about the 'bunny boiling' scene at the time
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Main photo article She won an Academy Award Best Actress nomination for her now-iconic role as ‘bunny boiler’ Alex Forrest opposite Michael Douglas in Fatal Attraction.
But Glenn Close has said she wants to reprise her part in the 1987 film and retell the story of her alter-ego’s obsession with D...
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