Fear
Short description
Nicole Walker is a sixteen-year-old girl living in Seattle with her father Steve, her stepmother Laura and her stepbrother Toby. Out at a party with her best friend, she meets David McCall, a charming and attentive young man who quickly becomes her boyfriend. What begins as an exciting first romance turns unsettling as David grows possessive and jealous, wanting to know where Nicole is at all times and reacting with violence when other boys come near her. When Nicole decides the relationship has to end, David refuses to accept her decision, and his behavior escalates into something dangerous for Nicole and her family.
Fear is a horror thriller directed by James Foley from a screenplay by Christopher Crowe. It was released in 1996 and runs 97 minutes. It sits between Glengarry Glen Ross and The Chamber in Foley's filmography, the fourth of the ten films listed for him. Mark Wahlberg plays David, with Reese Witherspoon as Nicole and William Petersen as her father, supported by Alyssa Milano, Amy Brenneman and Tracy Fraim. Brian Grazer, Ric Kidney and Karen Snow produced for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
On IMDb the film holds a 6.2 rating from roughly 62,000 votes, while on TMDB it has a 6.7 from about 1,100 votes. Its critics' rating stands at 5.3 from 38 reviews, so audiences have tended to respond more favorably than reviewers did.
What's left behind the scenes
- Leonardo DiCaprio became acquainted with James Foley while working on Scott Calvert's (1964-2014) sports drama, "The Basketball Diaries" (1995). He suggested his friend Mark Wahlberg for a role in "Fear." Foley and Wahlberg spent some time together, communicating and discussing the role, and subsequently Wahlberg was told that Foley liked him very much, but he still wouldn't be cast in the lead role. Wahlberg was offered the role of one of the protagonist’s friends, but at the audition he made such an impression on Foley that Foley went to the studio and stated that he would not shoot the film if Wahlberg was not approved for the lead role.
- The line “Let me into this goddamn house!” was improvised by Mark Wahlberg; it wasn’t in the script. Initially, it was cut from the film, but James Foley reinserted the deleted scene with the line, and it became one of the most frequently quoted lines.
- Mark Wahlberg came up with the line "Let me into this fucking house!" himself. Initially, it was cut from the film, but James Foley brought it back, and it became one of the most frequently quoted lines.
- Leonardo DiCaprio knew James Foley from their work on the sports drama 'Basketball Diaries' (1995). He suggested his friend Mark Wahlberg for a role in 'Fear'. Foley and Wahlberg spent some time together discussing the role, and Wahlberg was later told that while Foley liked him very much, he would not be cast in the lead. Wahlberg was offered the role of one of the protagonist's friends, but during the screen test, he made such an impression on Foley that the director went to the studio and declared he would not film the movie unless Wahlberg was cast as the lead.
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