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Nicolas Cage Scared Maika Monroe by Going ‘Method’ as a Serial Killer for a Week on the ‘Longlegs’ Set

Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe are the stars of "Longlegs," yet the duo rarely share the screen together — except for one key scene.

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. Cage expanded on his admiration for Monroe in a recent interview with Variety, saying her first major role caught his attention.

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