“That day on set felt different,” Monroe tells EW.
“There was this buzzing tension everywhere.”
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromLonglegs.
Maika Monroe as Lee Harker in ‘Longlegs’.Neon
For context, Monroe’s resting pulse is 76 bpm.
“It was absolutely crazy.”
(Cage is 6 feet tall.)
Maika Monroe in ‘It Follows’.RADiUS-TWC/ Everett
I was filled with anticipation the whole time I was shooting to get to that scene."
“That day on set felt different,” Monroe says.
“There was this buzzing tension everywhere, even down to the [production assistants].
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.
It was this very surreal, very nerve-wracking experience.”
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“I just loved this sort of plastic surgery gone wrong.
I was like, ‘What in the world?!'”
“It created this image in my head.”
Monroe delivers an impressive performance in her own right forLonglegs.
“She’s got help in a sense.
I think that she and Longlegs are intertwined in a sense, and he is guiding her.
So I think there is a supernatural aspect to her intuitiveness.”
Monroe acknowledges that level of performance takes its toll, but she found ways to decompress.
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“Genuinely, this script is so good.
It’ssogood on so many levels,” Monroe says.
“David is just so brilliant.
He’s just not that jot down of filmmaker or person.
It’s so special.
It’s still very, I don’t know…unique.
There’s just something about it.
I’m so excited to step back into that role.
I think it’s going to be challenging, but just such a joy.”
