Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne revealed that Michael Douglas‘ privates accidentally appeared in the final cut of the movie. The scene included shots for just one frame, making it easier for the audience to miss.
Adrian Lyne reveals Michael Douglas’ privates accidentally made it into one frame of Fatal Attraction
Adrian Lyne discussed his erotic-thriller Fatal Attraction during a screening of Unfaithful at the Academy Museum on August 14.
The revelation came while the director was discussing the sex scene that takes place in character Alex’s kitchen.
He explained he deliberately avoided the bedroom and chose the kitchen instead to add more humor and movement.
Lyne added that such humor is an essential part of scenes. According to Entertainment Weekly, he said, “He [Douglas] is very good with comedy, and when he was trying to get out of his pants at the end, and he couldn’t, and she was sort of laughing. And before we did the scene, he said, ‘Are you sure you want to shoot it this way?’”
During the scene, Douglas did not “have any underwear on. There’s one frame, one frame only, of his balls. We left it in. It’s so quick you didn’t see it,” according to Gold Derby.
The director also said that sex scenes in the movies are always a “delicate line.”
He added, “The only thing I threw in, I remember, was this moment where we were going at it, [and since] I like comic relief, I think you need a second [of it], and there’s a second where I had my pants down [while] carrying Glenn, then tripping, and then having to make this run for the bed … It kind of let the audience relax for a second.”
Lyne’s comments share a glimpse of unexpected moments that made it into the final cuts of the erotic thriller released in 1987.
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