In the trailer, Kendrick’s Bradshaw only asks 1 elemental question, “What are girls for?”

Elsewhere successful the trailer, Bradshaw is corralled by antithetic members of the accumulation unit and adjacent fixed an ominous informing from 1 pistillate down the cameras. 

“I’ve been connected this amusement since 1968, the 1 happening I’ve learned is nary substance what words they use, the question beneath the question remains the same,” she says arsenic a supercut of Alcala taking photos of scared-looking women is displayed connected the screen. “‘Which 1 of you volition wounded me?’”

During the real-life experience, Bradshaw was charmed by Alcala’s answers—including 1 wherever helium described himself arsenic a banana and asked Bradshaw to “peel” him. But though helium was introduced connected the Sept. 13, 1978 occurrence arsenic a “successful photographer,” Alcala—who was known to photograph his victims aft sidesplitting them—had someway been approved to look connected the bid aft being convicted, and spending 34 months successful jailhouse for raping a 8-year-old Talia Shapiro successful 1972. 

Alcala was not convicted of murder until 1980 for the decease of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe—two years aft his quality connected The Dating Game—but Bradshaw knew thing was disconnected arsenic soon arsenic the signifier lights dimmed. 

“I started to consciousness ill,” Bradshaw recalled of gathering up with Alcala aft the taping successful a 2012 Sunday Telegraph interview, per Newsweek. “He was acting truly creepy. I turned down his offer. I didn’t privation to spot him again.” 

At the clip of his quality connected The Dating Game series, Alacala’s nonstop fig of victims was unknown, but authorities judge that helium killed arsenic galore arsenic 100 women anterior to being placed down bars, per Newsweek.  

Alcala was aboriginal sentenced to the decease punishment for the execution of 5 women successful 2010, but—due to a 2019 moratorium of the condemnation successful California—the 77-year-old died of earthy causes successful situation successful 2021. 

And it was this ominous real-life communicative of the dangers lurking successful mundane beingness that led to Kendrick taking connected treble duty.

“I emotion the information that it isn’t arsenic elemental as, ‘Oh, she asserts herself and everything works retired great,’” Kendrick explained to Netflix’s Tudum Oct. 1. “Because this is the bargain we’re making each day: How overmuch bash I unrecorded authentically, and however overmuch information does that really enactment maine in?"