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Nicolas Cage’s Max Schreck Moment: Behind the Backstory and Look of His ‘Longlegs’ Serial Killer
In “Longlegs,” the audience is purposely kept from seeing Nicolas Cage as the titular serial killer. In the opening sequence, when a young Lee Harker (Lauren Acala) comes face to face with Longlegs, he is too tall for the frame, visible only from the chest …