Diversion is 1980 British short film written and directed by James Dearden who would late go onto adapt it into the American feature film Fatal Attraction. Which would in turn go onto to inspire the streaming series on Paramount+. The aforementioned short film was edited by Chris Wyatt and the production company behind it was Dearfilm.[1]
Synopsis[]
Gary is a happily married man, devoted to his wife, their kid and the family dog. A weekend without the presence of his wife presents to him a chance of getting involved in a casual encounter with a pretty woman he met some time ago. Things go quite well but the woman isn't interested in Gary for just an one night stand.
Cast[]
- Stephen Moore as Guy
- Cherie Lunghi as Erica
- Morag Hood as Annie
- Ned Vukovic as Waiter
- Dickon Horsey as Charlie
- Alice as Dog
Trivia[]
- In a 2017 article for The New York Times, Sherry Lansing, Stanley R. Jaffe, Adrian Lyne, Glenn Close and Dearden himself revealed several caveats of information.[2]
- The producer for what would become Fatal Attraction, Stanley R. Jaffe saw a short from the United Kingdom titled “Diversion,” written and directed by Mr. Dearden, about an unfaithful husband whose lover phones his wife.[2]
- Mr. Jaffe took it to another producer, Sherry Lansing, who thought it had feature potential. But no one in Hollywood would buy it, especially with Michael Douglas as the lead.[2]
- Lansing for her part mentions how “Diversion” would not leave her mind. Especially because she had her own experience when she was rejected [by a man], and felt like he took her soul. The film got rejected twice by every studio. They would say, “A guy who cheats on his wife for absolutely no reason!” Michael hadn’t done Wall Street. He had done the Romancing the Stone films and The Streets of San Francisco on TV, but he wasn’t big enough to get a movie made with a script they didn’t like.[2]
Gallery[]
Posters[]
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Teaser Poster
External links[]
Diversion on the Internet Movie Database