Half-Assed Internet Research
Source film; Lyne's repeated takes; weight-gain request; smoke-filled apartment illnesses
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- The film is based on the 1969 French film The Unfaithful Wife.
- Lyne's repeated takes, especially for the sex scenes, were demanding and meant to break the actors down; by the end, per Lane, you're physically and emotionally shattered.
- The strangeness of acting is noted, with hours of simulated sex until you crack, and the shivering in the first sexual encounter is praised.
- Lyne wanted Gere and Lane to gain weight to seem like a comfortable middle-aged couple; both refused, and donuts left in Gere's trailer every morning did not take.
- Per Gere, the smoke in the apartment blew out their throats and a doctor was on hand shooting people up with antibiotics for bronchial infections; Lyne is called the true madman compared with David Fincher.
- Earlier, flagged as half-assed internet research: Lyne shot five endings after Fatal Attraction, the studio wanted the characters punished, Gere and Lane returned weeks before release to reshoot the car ending, and an alternate ending had him walking to the police station.