Instead of going their separate ways, Close's character, Forrest, suffers a psychotic break and begins to stalk Gallagher, his wife and their young daughter. Forrest's behavior becomes increasingly more violent leading to the film's memorable ending. However, it was an ending that Close says wasn't originally scripted.

Glenn Close revealed that despite her successful career, she still feels like 'there’s caverns of the unknown in me'

Glenn Close has named the movie she believes made audiences realise she "could be sexy". During an interview with Willie Geist for Today's Sunday Sitdown over the weekend, the eight-time Oscar-nominated actress declared that the 1987 film Fatal Attraction altered the course of her career because it allowed her to showcase her range.