Say what you will aboutNicholas Cage, he always goes for it in whatever movie hes in.
The whiteness of [it] just really spooked me.
He knows it when he sees it.
Nicholas Cage as Longlegs in the 2024 horror film.© Neon
Performance-wise, Cage previously called this a deeply personal role owing to his mothers schizophrenia throughout her life.
InJune, he told EW about how shed talk in poetic terms, something he also brought into Longlegs.
Before that point, the movie goes out of its way to not shoot Longlegs directly.
Instead, hes glimpsed through different angles or reflections.
From the pre-release buzz, Cage is delivering a pretty unnerving (complimentary!)
performance inLonglegsthats enough to get folks to see it in droves.
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