Nicolas Cage Scared Maika Monroe by Going ‘Method’ as a Serial Killer for a Week on the ‘Longlegs’ Set
variety.comWilliam Earl administrator SPOILER ALERT: This story contains light spoilers about “Longlegs,” now playing in theaters.
Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe are the stars of the serial killer movie “Longlegs,” yet the duo rarely share the screen — except for one key interrogation scene near the end.
Director Oz Perkins had a unique strategy to ratchet up the tension on set, which was to keep the pair away from each other during the duration of filming until their onscreen meeting. “The whole lead-up to that was crazy,” Monroe said. “They had been filming with Cage for five days at that point, and it was his last day, probably three weeks into filming.
The director chose to not have me see anything, not meet him, not see what his face looked like. He created this character, this thing, so I was so nervous. “The PAs bring me up to this door that enters into the room where he is,” she continued. “The cameras start rolling on me and the director calls ‘action.’ I opened the door and what you see is all very real, and it was incredible.
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