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Directorial debut by Anna Kendrick, Woman of the Hourhas landed on Netflix.

It tells the shocking true story of how a serial killer managed to become a contestant on a dating show in the late 1970s, which has obviously piqued the interest of true crime fans.

The movie that Kendrick narrated The independent is the “most revealing work I have ever made,” focuses on Rodney Alcala, who performed The dating gameA Blind date style show, in 1978.

Alcala was 35 years old when he appeared on the show and had reportedly already killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman and a child.

Alcala’s exact death toll is unknown, but investigators believe the man dubbed “The Dating Game Killer” may have killed at least 100 people.

He was eventually convicted of his crimes in 1980 and would die in prison in 2021. This wasn’t before he managed to woo contestant Cheryl Bradshaw on live TV, played in the film by Kendrick himself.

It follows And Don’t breathe star Daniel Zovatto plays Alcala in the adaptation.

Cheryl was supposed to choose Alcala to go on a date with her, but their date never happened. Bradshaw pulled out of the deal because she reportedly found Alcala “creepy.”

Real world clips The dating game episode are available online, but when speaking to the YouTube channel Jake’s Takes, Kendrick revealed that they had to improvise parts of the film.

“The clips online are fascinating, but the episode as a whole seems to have been lost to time,” says Kendrick.

The 39-year-old actor added: “It was really fun to take that vacuum and use it as an opportunity to derail Cheryl, because in the lost footage that probably didn’t happen.”

Meanwhile, De Pitch Perfect star has reflected on her time filming the beloved vampire franchise Twilight – based on the fantasy book series by Stephenie Meyer – in an interview with Business insider published on October 18.

When asked if she views her experience differently when looking back on the Twilight films, Kendrick admitted that her contribution to the series was “really unique” compared to others in the cast.

“Almost everyone else in the cast had to treat every moment like life and death, good versus evil, our eternal souls at stake – and all I had to do was show up and make a snarky comment as I walked through the frame she said.

“So I really felt like such a bystander to it, in a way that I was very grateful that I was aware of this kind of cultural phenomenon without it really affecting me in a way that I think was very challenging and overwhelming would have been,” Kendrick continued.