ESPN analyst Steve Phillips has become mired in a “Fatal Attraction”-style affair involving a 22-year-old coworker. The 1987 flick starred Glenn Close as Alex Forrest, a woman who becomes obsessed with lawyer Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) after a weekend of passion — but it’s far from the only film centered around an obsessed or jilted woman.
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This year’s “Obsessed” starred Idris Elba as Derek Charles, an asset manager who becomes the subject of an unhealthy fixation of temp worker Lisa Sheridan (Ali Larter).
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In 1999’s Academy Award-winning film “American Beauty,” a young Mena Suvari was fixated on seducing her best friend’s father (Kevin Spacey).
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In her first major film “The Crush,” Alicia Silverstone played Adrienne Forrester, a 14-year-old girl intent on ruining the life of Nick Eliot (Cary Elwes), a newspaper reporter twice her age.
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In 1990’s “Misery,” based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, Kathy Bates plays an overzealous fan who kidnaps an injured Paul Sheldon (James Caan), an acclaimed novelist.
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“Swimfan,” a 2002 psychological thriller, starred Erika Christensen as Madison Bell, a new girl who becomes fixated on Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford), stalking him when he rejects her after a one-night stand.
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In the Woody Allen-directed “Match Point,” an obsessed Nola (Scarlett Johansson) tries to convince Chris (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) to leave his wife and raise their child together.
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In the 2001 psychological thriller “Vanilla Sky,” Julie (Cameron Diaz) purposefully crashes her car off a bridge after becoming extremely jealous when she discovers her ex-boyfriend David (Tom Cruise) has taken a liking to another woman.
