Longlegshasnt yet hit theatersJuly 12 is the big daybutthe creatively creepy marketing aloneis enough togive a person nightmares.
But you also have to assume that some of it was the fact that hes just so agonizingly off-putting.
Check out the video here, which helpfully pastes a black box over Cages face to avoid spoilers.
Maika Monroe as FBI Agent Lee Harker in Longlegs. © Neon
The first time Maika Monroe saw Nicolas Cage as Longlegs, her heart rate hit 170 bpm.
Shes more reserved and interior; hes well, hesNic Cage.
I was conscious of the fact that I had two very counterweight, counterbalancing energies, Perkins said.
And so their opposite charges work even better.
So charged, apparently, that Monroe had a very physical reaction to Cages appearance.
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