Two more names have been added to the cast of Fatal attraction, a Paramount+ series based on the original feature film. Per Deadline, Dee Wallace (13 Fanboy) and David Meunier (justified) are aboard the cast of the series. Marking the final two names to join the show, they will join a cast that includes Lizzy Caplan, Joshua Jackson, Amanda Peet, Wanda De Jesus, Walter Perez, Toby Huss, Reno Wilson and Brian Goodman.
Some character details have also been revealed. Wallace plays Emma Rauch, a character described as “open, friendly, chic and interested, but also sensitive to boundaries. She is a retired career woman, enthusiastic and helpful volunteer, mother of grown children and a student of life – someone who anyone but Alex (Caplan) would love to have as a neighbor.”
Meanwhile, Meunier’s character, Richard Macksey, is a university psychology professor and “Ellen’s (Alyssa Jirrels) thesis advisor, mentor and friend, whose personal interest in Carl Jung’s work and life fuels Ellen’s own interest.”
Wallace, who most notably starred in Steven Spielberg’s ETis especially popular with horror fans for her roles in genre favorites such as The hills have eyes, the crying, cujoand bugs. More recently, she was featured in Deborah Voorhees’ meta-horror film 13 Fanboy and had a voice cameo in Rob Zombie’s The Munsters. She also recently appeared in the TV shows 9-1-1 and ME.
Meunier is perhaps best known for his role in justifiedwith his other notable small screen roles including: Jericho, Damienand Mom. The actor is known to Arrowverse fans for his role as Ishmael Gregor in Arrow. More recently he has appeared in shows like big sky and the newbie. Meunier has had roles in feature films such as The Incredible Hulk, the equalizerand Girl on the edge.
Creatives behind the Fatal Attraction series
The Fatal attraction series was written by Alexandra Cunningham from a story she co-wrote with Kevin J. Hynes. Cunningham also serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside Hynes, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey for Amblin Television. Silver Tree will executive produce and direct, while Paramount Television Studios will produce.
“There’s a very timeless appeal to the themes of fidelity and infidelity, why good people make stupid, problematic choices, and only marriage and family against those themes of fidelity and infidelity,” Paramount+’s David Nevins told Deadline shortly after the series was announced. “I think the writers have come up with a really clever way of making it very contemporary while also honoring the original. How it’s done today and how it’s turned into a series is interesting, and it’s interesting for Lizzy’s role in the special.”
Paramount+ President of Original Scripted Series Nicole Clemens added: “Alexandra brings an incredibly strong and nuanced point of view to a story that became a cultural phenomenon, but so far has only been told from the male perspective. Together with Kevin, they bring the next explosive chapter of this story to a new generation with a balanced eye for the complexities of the human psyche.”
No premiere date has been set yet for Fatal attraction.