I just stumbled upon an interview with Glenn Close talking about her role in Fatal Attraction.  I gained a lot of respect for her, and it actually made me want to watch the film.  She said she never viewed her character as a villian, but as a tragic person who was deeply troubled and needed help.

She did a lot of research for the role and worked with psychiatrists, and worked with the producers to change the script here and there to go along with what she had learned.  She said she was very upset when they decided to change the ending to make her become physically violent against someone else, and fought those changes for several weeks before she had to give in (by that point, they had already filmed the whole thing).

Anyway, I wanna watch Fatal Attraction.  I'm only scared to watch it because:

- I know it contributes to the stigma, and that alone upsets me
- I'm scared I'll enmesh myself with her character and perceive myself as worse than I really am and feel awful about myself
- Anger/scary/emotional stuff and intense movies are things I avoid because they make my anxiety really bad and can contribute to panic attacks

But I really wanna watch it because I really like Glenn Close and am so interested to see how she made the character her own.  I have a lot of respect for her doing all the research and fighting the changes they made to the script at the end.

Maybe I'll just watch most of the movie, but stop near the end?  Does anyone know when the really upsetting stuff starts happening at the end, so I can know when to stop? (lol)

Has anyone else watched this and been okay?  I'm just really emotional and can't afford any major triggers.  