Claire Danes’ versatility is showcased in the psychological thriller, “The Beast in Me,” streaming Thursday on Netflix.

Danes, 46, is Aggie Wiggs, a famous best-selling author who’s been unable to write since her young son’s death years earlier.

Solitary and reclusive in her mansion, she is appalled by her new neighbor Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys), a notorious millionaire with a questionable reputation since his wife disappeared years earlier. Her body has never been found.

Jarvis sparks to the idea that Aggie could benefit by collaborating with him on a book. Aggie has her own reasons to actually consider the proposal.

For Danes, “Beast” was irresistible because, “I had never played a character who was an introvert before. Someone so intensely cerebral and controlled,” she said in a vir

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