I kind of think so. I hear a lot of people talking about it. I’ve heard a lot of stories about strange encounters and boundaries being crossed. With social media, there’s a façade that you can easily put up. Before social media became what it is, you could lie [about yourself more easily]. Now, you put pictures up and choose how you present yourself to the world.

People can lure people in and prevaricate in their space. We might be more fearful of [being stalked] as a culture because you’re constantly hearing about getting your identity stolen, etc. Since I’ve started doing press for the movie, I’ve heard a lot of stories.

We hear about celebrity stalking cases on the news all the time, but obviously there are thousands of non-celebrities who are stalked as well. Since Michael and Sanaa are executive producers on the film, did they reach out to people as well?

They both did and they had experiences themselves that were personal as well. They were involved in the project before I was attached and they did their homework.

Speaking of homework, the production notes mention Fatal Attraction and Double Indemnity. What were some of the movies…?

Those were my references. There’s Fatal Attraction, David Fincher in terms of tone, Hitchcock and a whole slew of noir films. I wanted The Perfect Guy to feel like a darkly hued, stylish noir – a modern noir. I wanted the psychological elements of the film to come to a slow boil.

The Perfect Guy is playing in theaters now.