‘Longlegs’ Hair & Makeup Artists Crafted Two “Extreme” Looks for Nicolas Cage — Contenders Los Angeles

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Nicolas Cage is unrecognizable as the title character in the horror movie Longlegs. Key special effects makeup artist Felix Fox, key makeup artist Madelaine Hermans and key hairstylist Kristin Chaar worked 2½ hours every day to transform Cage into the satanic serial killer. “There was about four designs,” Fox said. “What they settled on after we tested on was that we would go a little bit more extreme.” Fox said the original concepts were less pale white and less cosmetically altered.

The final Longlegs pays homage to Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera, she said. Furthermore, they had to age Longlegs from the 1970s to the ‘90s. “He has two looks for it,” Fox continued. “One is the ‘70s and one is with more of the beauty makeup, a little bit of blue eyeshadow.” RELATED: 2024-25 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Grammys, Tonys, Guilds & More Rock stars also provided inspiration for Longlegs. “One of the references that [writer/director] Oz [Perkins] brought in early was Bob Dylan in the Rolling Thunder Revue,” Fox said. “Personally, Marc Bolan from T.

Rex. There were actually a lot of musician references going on in our minds. And geisha as well. The whole ritualistic reparation of the geisha experience and makeup was huge.” Chaar said Bolan inspired the Longlegs wig, which she credited to Vancouver wig maker Stacey Butterworth.

Chaar also did hair for the female character. Alicia Witt plays Ruth Harker, aged up in the ’90s scenes. She built Witt’s hair from a 24-inch colorless wig.