Glenn Close Says 3 Girls Approached Her When She Was Out in Her Bloody “Fatal Attraction” Dress While Walking Her Dog

Sometimes being a dog mom gets you into a strange situation. Just ask Glenn Close.

On the Jan. 13 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, Close, 77, reminisced about her 1987 film Fatal Attraction — and how she ended up on the streets of New York City in her white dress from the movie’s last scene.

“I was in the middle of shooting,” she said. “I had a little dog” — not her current dog Pip — “and I had to walk her. I had blood in my hair. I had also all these spots and, you know, things all over [me]. I looked scary, like I'd been badly attacked, right?”

Passerby noticed her immediately. “These three girls came towards me and I  thought, ‘Oh my God, I forgot what I look like. What am I gonna say to them?’ ”

But her fears were for naught. “And they got closer and closer and they said, ‘What a cute little dog,’ ” the eight-time Oscar nominee remembered. Barrymore, 49, added, “Didn't even notice. It's New York City.”

Close also told the host that she wasn’t happy with the movie’s ending. Close said she did “a lot of research with a psychiatrist” when it came to building her character, Alex Forrest. Alex becomes obsessed with Michael Douglas’ Dan Gallagher after they have an affair.

Related: Glenn Close Says She Hasn't Sought a Relationship in 10 Years Since Last Divorce: 'I'm Very Happy Right Now'

[Warning: spoilers ahead]

In the original ending, the movie mirrored Madame Butterfly and Alex died by suicide. But, “when they tested it, the audience hated her so much for coming between that perfect little family even though he cheated on his beautiful wife,” Close said. They felt Alex “needed to be punished even more.” They wrote the new ending, in which Alex tries to kill Dan’s wife Beth (Anne Archer) and, during the struggle, Beth gets a gun and kills her.

Close didn’t think it made sense of her character. “She was not a psychopath,” she noted. When they told her about the new ending, she said, “I wouldn’t do it.” But Douglas and a friend both encouraged her to do it anyway, and she did.

Close stars alongside Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz in Netflix’s Back in Action. She’ll also appear in the upcoming Knives Out 3.

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Back in August, Close spoke to PEOPLE about the challenges of life as an actor.

“It's hard. You have to have incredible resilience, certainly in the beginning, because you will have disappointment after disappointment, rejection after rejection,” the three-time Tony winner said. “You have to have a crazy engine that keeps you going.”

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