Longlegs Interview: Blair Underwood Didn't Even Need to See a Finished Script

Blair Underwood has worked in film and television for four decades, but this summer marks his horror debut in Longlegs from writer-director Oz Perkins. Underwood plays . Agent Carter in the highly-anticipated occult thriller, working alongside Maika Monroe's Agent Lee Harker to stop a Satanic murderer on a killing spree (Nicolas Cage). An actor whose career has toggled between film and television, Underwood has played law enforcement officials before but never in a world so psychologically chilling as Oz Perkins' Longlegs. Excited by the project and the prospect of working with the son of famed Psycho star Anthony Perkins, Underwood signed on before the screenplay had a proper ending. In an interview with Collider's Perri Nemiroff, Underwood praised Perkins' ability to merge genres and prod audiences before sharing his secret desire to join the family of a long-running horror film franchise. You can watch their full conversation in the video above, or you can read the transcript below. #longlegs #interview #saw #neon #movie For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL