TV and Movies · Posted 2 minutes ago 15 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets About "Longlegs" That'll Make You Watch The Movie Differently Maika Monroe didn't even meet Nicolas Cage until they filmed the scene where her character interrogates Longlegs. So, the first time she met Nicolas Cage, she met him as Longlegs. by Lauren Garafano BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail Longlegs was released in theaters earlier this month and suddenly became the movie EVERYONE was talking about.
Neon / Courtesy Everett Collection It made $22.4 million during its opening weekend, the highest total for an original horror movie in 2024. Here are 15 behind-the-scenes facts about the movie that you probably didn't know, but definitely should: 1.
Longlegs director Oz Perkins is the son of actor Anthony Perkins, who most notably played Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho movies. Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images 2. Oz has also done some acting himself.
He played Dorky David in Legally Blonde. MGM 3. Longlegs is set in the '90s because that era was a "formative" time for Oz.
"The ’90s was a formative time for me," he told Deadline . "I was graduating high school, these great movies were coming out, my father died, shit was happening, like a lot of stuff was very much coming together." Neon / Courtesy Everett Collection "It was that transition from childhood to stupid young adulthood, where you don’t know anything and you’re out in the world.
So those elements just made it a good time.