Paramount+’s Fatal Attraction series has added four more season one cast members in key roles. Alyssa Jirrels (Boo, Bitch), Toby Huss (Copland), Reno Wilson (the Transformers film franchise), and Brian Goodman (Rizzoli & Isles) have joined the cast alongside previously announced stars Lizzy Caplan, Joshua Jackson, and Amanda Peet.
Joshua Jackson (Dr. Death) and Amanda Peet (Dirty John) star as Dan and Beth Gallagher, the married couple at the heart of the story. Lizzy Caplan (Castle Rock) plays Alex Forrest, a woman who has an affair with Dan and then doesn’t accept their relationship needs to end.
Alyssa Jirrels will play Dan and Beth’s daughter, Ellen. Toby Huss is on board to play Mike Gerard, “the DA’s chief of investigations, whose friendship and loyalty to deputy DA Dan Gallagher goes back many years.”
Reno Wilson is playing Detective Earl Booker, described as “a long-standing member of the Los Angeles Police Department with a large personality and an inability to self-edit.” Brian Goodman joins the cast as Arthur Tomlinson, a warm and kind man who’s Beth Gallagher’s best friend and business partner.
The upcoming series is a reimagining of the critically-acclaimed 1987 thriller that starred Michael Douglas as Dan, Glenn Close as Alex, and Anne Archer as Beth. The R-rated drama directed by Adrian Lyne was nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actress (Close), and Best Supporting Actress (Archer).
Alexandra Cunningham (Dirty John) guides the series as showrunner and serves as writer and executive producer. Kevin J. Hynes (Perry Mason) has a co-story credit and also executive produces along with Amblin Television’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey. Silver Tree is involved as a director and executive producer.
Fatal Attraction is a Paramount Television Studios and Amblin Television production.
Paramount+ released the following synopsis:
“A deep-dive reimagining of the classic psychosexual thriller and ‘80s cultural touchstone, the new series will explore fatal attraction and the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes toward strong women, personality disorders and coercive control.”
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