I once recall an interview she did where she was asked to play Jane for GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN LORD OF APES. She was excited until she found out they wanted her to dub Andie MacDowell since Andie MacDowell's Southern drawl made it impossible for her to be convincing as the British Jane.

She was more ambitious when it came to play Alex so she went through an extensive makeover which included a perm (which I wish she had kept for a longer time) and sexier outfits. She was also forty, a age which was seen as the end for actresses however Glenn Close made her first film when she was 35 so she was defying the odds from the start.

She got the part and the rest was history. A younger, and probably lesser actress, would have made Alex entertaining yet forgettable. It's a testament of Close's prowess she was able to bring complexity and nuance into the part of a obsessive stalker.