Maika Monroe discusses her 'absolutely crazy' scene with Nicolas Cage in 'Longlegs': 'Everyone knew that this was the day, this was the scene.'
Nick is an entertainment journalist based in New York, NY. If you like pugs and the occasional blurry photo of an action figure, follow him on Twitter @NickARomano.. The crew taped a small mic onto her chest so that they could pick up the thumping of her heartbeat, which, according to Neon, reached 170 beats per minute upon witnessing Cage's performance in full makeup and prosthetics. For context, Monroe's resting pulse is 76 bpm.
"Because I was freaking out, about to have a panic attack, they were able to pick up my heart beating," the actress remembers of that day on set in an interview withDirector Osgood Perkins intentionally kept the two actors apart until it came time for this particular scene, which wasn't all that hard.follows Monroe's F.B.I. Agent Lee Harker, who's tracking the Longlegs serial killer, a figure who's constantly lurking in the periphery.
"That day on set felt different," Monroe says. "There was this buzzing tension everywhere, even down to the . Everyone knew that this was the day, this was the scene. I think also there's a layer of pressure. There's so many things that were packed into that day. Seeing Nic for the first time in costume, I hadn't seen any photos or anything before, so that was shocking.
Monroe acknowledges that level of performance takes its toll, but she found ways to decompress. "I've figured out the easiest ways for me to tap into that darkness and then get out of it," she says. It entails a lot of viewings of classic rom-coms, likeMonroe is now planning to return to the film that put her on the map by starring in a sequel togood on so many levels," Monroe says. "David is just so brilliant. He really is.
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