Long legs The film isn’t in theaters yet, opening on July 12, but the creative, creepy marketing alone is enough to give you nightmares. Neon’s latest trick in the scare tactics is releasing an audio recording of Maika Monroe’s actual heart rate the first time she saw Nicolas Cage play the role of a serial killer.
Sure, it’s a big deal when Monroe’s FBI agent finally comes face to face with her long-sought target, and some of the palpitations may have come from the pressure of appearing in a tense, pivotal scene opposite an Oscar winner, but we have to guess that part of the excitement also came from him just being a painful, unpleasant character. To avoid spoilers, check out the video with a black square pasted over Cage’s face here.
When Maika Monroe first saw Nicolas Cage in Long Legs, her heart rate reached 170 bpm.
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As writer-director Osgood Perkins explained in an interview with io9, he was actually Long legs‘The marketing campaign said that Monroe and Cage only actually star in one scene together (the one excerpted above), and that the scene was meant to highlight the differences not only in their characters but also in their acting styles. She was reserved and introverted; he was, Nick Cage“I was conscious of having two very counterbalanced, balanced energies,” Perkins said. “Luckily I was able to keep them separate narratively… And when they connect, it’s a very tense moment. And those opposite charges work even better.”
Apparently, Monroe was so excited by Cage’s appearance that she reacted very physically. If a trained actor could be shocked like that by the sight of Cage, imagine what it must be like for a movie audience to feel! They can test the limits of their circulatory system and their ability not to urinate with fear. Long legs It will arrive this Friday, July 12th.
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