netflix film Woman of the Day tells the story of a serial killer based on true events Rodney Alcala – better known as “Dating Game Killer” – featured on the prime time game show in 1978, amid violent attacks and femicide. Anna Kendrick The film is directed and stars Sheryl Bradshaw, an aspiring actress. Flirting Game The contestant who chooses Alcala (Daniel Zovatto) as the winning bachelor on the show, but like her real-life counterpart Cheryl Bradshaw, emerges from the encounter alive. lower died in prison He is 77 years old in 2021.

In a recent interview Rolling stoneKendrick said she wanted the film to shine a light on the misogyny that permeates our culture and allows men like Alcala to kill women for years with no consequences. “I felt like the question that was in the air for most of Sheryl’s story was: ‘Wait a minute, do you see me as a human being or as something else?’” she said.

How far has one gone with the stranger-than-fiction source material? Woman of the Day Getting away from real events? Here are some other examples of plot points and details that actually had their origins and were changed in the film’s retelling of the crimes.

Warning: spoilers ahead.

Bradshaw never went on a date with Alcala.

Inside Woman of the Hour, After selecting Alcala (aka License Number 3) Flirting GameThe couple won an all-expenses-paid trip to Carmel, California. (In real life, it was Bachelor No. 1, and the reward was tennis lessons and a trip to the Magic Mountain theme park.) In the movie version, Bradshaw and Alcala go for mai tais in a dimly lit setting instead of waiting for their date. at the tiki bar near the television studio, by which time the man had gone out long enough for Carmel to cancel their appointment.

However, there is no evidence that the real Bradshaw saw Alcala after the series wrapped filming. Morgan Rowan, who survived Alcala’s attack at the ages of 13 and 16, said: Sun She said Bradshaw “met her backstage for a few minutes and then told the producer she didn’t want to go because she thought he was creepy.”

Overall, Rowan, who is now 72 and lives in Glendale, California, was disappointed with this take on the crimes because he said the filmmakers did not consult with the survivors and the script strayed too far from the true story. “I don’t like history being revised, and I don’t like it being given more fame and attention,” he said. Sun. (A representative for the film did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)

There was no woman inside Flirting Game The audience recognizes Alcala.

While taping Flirting GameThe film shifts the focus from the contestants on stage to Laura (Nicolette Robinson), a member of the studio audience who instantly recognizes Alcala as the man who killed her friend. She had previously reported the crime to the police but had not been taken seriously, and had the same experience when she told her boyfriend, who was also on record, and a studio security guard. Kendrick It was said recently Rolling stone Although the character of Laura is fictional, she represents the pain and frustration of real-life people trying to cover Alcala.

But there was someone who knew Alcala. Flirting Game: A detective in Huntington Beach, California, investigates him for the 1979 murder of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe; A rerun of this episode aired on television shortly after Alcala was named as a suspect. ABC’s 2021 episode 20/20.

Sally Field appeared Flirting Game.

In the movie, Bradshaw’s manager convinces him to become a contestant. Flirting Game telling him that actor Sally Field was also on the show. Later, as Bradshaw gives herself a last-minute pep talk before taking the stage, she repeatedly reminds herself that she’s following in Field’s footsteps and that being on the game show will bring her more visibility as a performer.

Bradshaw’s inspiration turned out to be real: Field, first episode related to Flirting Game Open 6 October 1966. And it was no Stranger to TV game shows In the early days of his career: Field was also a panelist. Hollywood Squares in 1968 and He Said, He Said In 1970.

Alcala was not a photographer Los Angeles Times.

Inside Woman of the DayAlcala uses photography and his camera to appear more approachable, convincing women to lower their guard and spend time alone with him as a model. His good intentions as a professional photographer are reinforced in the film when he is shown working in the photography department. Los Angeles Times.

In reality, Alcala worked at: Los Angeles TimesHowever as a typesetternot a photographer. However, he used his hobby as a way to spend time with women. In 1979, while investigating Samsoe’s murder, Huntington Beach police searched Alcala’s storage locker in Seattle and found a cache of photographs of women and girls. More than 100 of these images were made public in March 2010 during Alcala’s third trial. Most of the people identified in the photographs were alive and healthy. CBS News reported.

A runaway teenager is responsible for his arrest.

In the film, Alcala brings teenage runaway Amy (Autumn’s Best) to a remote corner of the desert for a “photo shoot,” where he kidnaps, assaults, and rapes her. She survives the attack, and the next morning he asks her to keep it between them, pretending they are a couple, and asks him to take her back to his house. On the way, when Alcala stops at a gas station to use the restroom, Amy flees to a nearby diner and calls the police, who arrive on the scene and arrest her there.

Amy’s real-life counterpart was a 15-year-old teenager. Monique Hoytescaped in 1979 serial killer It was played largely as it was on screen. The movie ends here, followed by a text on the screen explaining that Alcala committed other murders and eventually committed murders. died in 2021 while incarcerated. It is also stated that after this arrest, Alcala was released on bail while awaiting trial, and then killed a 21-year-old woman and a 12-year-old girl. While he was found guilty of killing seven women and girls in total, Some predictions show that Alcala killed some 130 people.