Blair Underwood spoke to Us Weekly exclusively about his role in ‘Longlegs’ and how the film’s surprising and sinister ending is open to ‘interpretation’
Blair Underwood is breaking down that shocking Longlegs ending — and sharing why he thinks the film has already made such an impact on the horror genre at large.“I think the reason people say that this movie is unsettling is because the message — in my interpretation — is evil exists and evil persists. So does good,” Underwood, 59, exclusively told Us Weekly. “This is a classic battle of good and evil. Maika Monroe's character being the good, of course, and the Cage's being the evil.
Debuting in theaters on July 12, the film has already been dubbed by many as the best horror flick of the past decade, drawing comparisons to Silence of the Lambs and Se7en. Finding a way to reference iconic films of horror past, Underwood believes, is what makes Longlegs — and director Oz Perkins — so genius.
The movie’s final scene is one plot twist Underwood “especially” loved when reading the script, which sees Lee unable to successfully shoot a doll possessed by the devil as she attempts to save Carter’s daughter. Carter, meanwhile, has already been shot dead by Lee after killing his own wife. The ending is so uncertain, in fact, that Underwood believes even his own character’s fate is up for debate. “My friends who have all these ideas for a sequel say, ‘Oh, but you're dead.' I say, ‘But am I?’” Underwood’s own son pointed out Carter was only shot in the shoulder, a potentially non-fatal wound. “We just don’t know,” he added.Alive or otherwise, Underwood would likely have no qualms about returning to the Longlegs universe.
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