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.

Longlegswas released in theaters earlier this month and suddenly became the movie EVERYONE was talking about.

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2.Oz has also done some acting himself.

He played Dorky David inLegally Blonde.

3.Longlegs is set in the ’90s because that era was a “formative” time for Oz.

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“The 90s was a formative time for me,” he toldDeadline.

Not that hes any better, he toldIndieWire.

6.Maika Monroe, who plays Lee Harker, didn’t even meet Nicolas Cage before filming began.

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Oz wanted to keep them bothseparateuntil their characters came face-to-face at the end of the film.

“It wasn’t until I was brought up to the interrogation door.

The director called ‘Action!’

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Her resting heart rate is 76 bpm.

8.Creating the character of Longlegs tooka lotof collaboration between Nicolas and Oz.

Nicolas began preparing for the role around Christmas of 2022.

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I wanted the character to be an androgynous almost prophet, in the Fellini movieJuliet of the Spirits.”

10.Longlegs' pale appearance was inspired by Bob Dylan.

“The pale makeup is Bob Dylan,” Oz toldIndieWire.

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11.Longlegs is also meant to look like he’s been through several botched plastic surgeries.

Everything he does is for this evil force that hes trying to impress."

12.The teenager working in the hardware store is Oz’s daughter Bea.

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13.Longlegswas partly inspired byThe Silence of the Lambs.

What gains them admission to the world?"

14.Oz said that he’d listen to T. Rex’s music while writing the script.

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“To my mind, I got to be open to what else is out there to help.

Angels, whatever you want to call it.

Longlegsis in theaters now.

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