Editing Dangerous Liaisons (section)

==Production==
''Dangerous Liaisons'' was the first English-language film adaptation of Laclos's novel. The screenplay was based on [[Christopher Hampton]]'s [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play|Olivier Award]]-winning and [[Tony Award for Best Play|Tony Award]]-nominated [[Les liaisons dangereuses (play)|theatrical adaptation]] for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1986 |url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/view/item98521/Olivier-Winners-1986/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111154052/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/view/item98521/Olivier-Winners-1986/ |archive-date=2012-01-11 |access-date=2009-11-08 |website=The Official London Theatre Guide}}</ref> directed by [[Howard Davies (director)|Howard Davies]] and featuring [[Lindsay Duncan]], [[Alan Rickman]] and [[Juliet Stevenson]].

The film was shot entirely on location in the [[Île-de-France]] region of northern France, and featured historical buildings such as the [[Château de Vincennes]] in [[Val-de-Marne]], the [[Château de Champs-sur-Marne]], the [[Château de Guermantes]] in [[Seine-et-Marne]], the [[Château du Saussay]] in [[Essonne]], and the [[Théâtre Montansier (Versailles)|Théâtre Montansier]] in [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Locations for Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons (1988), in France. |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/d/Dangerous-Liaisons.php |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Katrina |date=2022-11-13 |title=In Search of the Paris of Dangerous Liaisons |url=https://parisfordreamers.com/2022/11/14/in-search-of-the-paris-of-dangerous-liaisons/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Paris For Dreamers |language=en-AU}}</ref>

''Liaisons'' was the final film appearance of [[Academy Award]] and [[Tony Award]]-nominated actress [[Mildred Natwick]].<ref name="afi">{{cite web |title=Dangerous Liaisons (1988) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55748 |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> [[Drew Barrymore]] and [[Sarah Jessica Parker]] were considered for the role of Cécile before it went to Thurman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When Stylist Met Uma |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/when-stylist-met-uma/15905 |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=www.stylist.co.uk}}</ref> [[Annette Bening]] went through several auditions for the role of the courtesan Émilie, but in the end the role went to Laura Benson.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/d_KvxiOEYGw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190820195203/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_KvxiOEYGw&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite video| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_KvxiOEYGw| title=BFI Screen Talk: Annette Bening BFI London Film Festival 2017|publisher=BFI|website=YouTube| date=2017-11-10| access-date=2018-05-27}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Bening would go on to play the role of the Marquise de Merteuil in [[Miloš Forman]]'s adaptation of ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'', ''[[Valmont (film)|Valmont]]'', a year later.

During production Malkovich had an affair with Pfeiffer. His six-year marriage to actress [[Glenne Headly]] ended shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Being John Malkovich|date=26 April 2003|work=[[The Age]]|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/25/1050777404749.html|access-date=11 July 2015|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016104615/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/25/1050777404749.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Right for the part|date=1 June 2003|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3592043/Right-for-the-part.html|access-date=11 July 2015|archive-date=February 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212193319/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3592043/Right-for-the-part.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Akbar|first=Arifa|title=John Malkovich: 'I don't need to be liked'|date=8 January 2011|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/john-malkovich-i-dont-need-to-be-liked-2176821.html|access-date=12 May 2015|archive-date=May 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507002705/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/john-malkovich-i-dont-need-to-be-liked-2176821.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Thurman later revealed that she stripped for this film because she thought it was the right choice at the time despite her immense nervousness, but she hated how "voyeuristic" the final cut of the scene was and resolved not to go naked in a movie again.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uma Thurman will never go nude|website=femalefirst.co.uk|url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Uma+Thurman-8316.html|access-date=13 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418184541/www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Uma+Thurman-8316.html|archive-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>