Maika Monroe‘s career significantly took off thanks to It Follows and The Guest, two genre movies that were released to significant critical acclaim and earned passionate followings. Both films were released within a year of one another and both featured narratives that implied a much larger world with more stories to be told. Understandably, this means that Monroe has been asked about sequels to both of these movies for more than a decade.
Luckily, the sequel to It Follows, They Follow, wrapped filming earlier this year, which means Monroe has one less sequel to be endlessly asked about. Unexpectedly, though, it was confirmed earlier this year that Osgood Perkins and Nicolas Cage were developing a sequel to 2024’s Longlegs, in which Monroe starred as FBI agent Lee Harker attempting to track down the titular serial killer.
Speaking with Bloody Disgusting in support of her new movie Victorian Psycho, Monroe weighed in on returning for the Longlegs sequel, teasing, “Oz and Nick are doing something. And we’ll see what happens.” She added:
“I would love, love, love … people ask roles that you would want to go back to, and I would love to play Lee again. She was such a joy, and working with Oz and Nick was an absolute dream. So we’ll see.”
Jason Isaacs stars alongside Monroe in Victorian Psycho, as he teased of Monroe’s response, “A lot of words, but said nothing, nothing at all. Very clever.” With the number of times she’s been asked about sequels and had to give cryptic answers, Monroe joked, “I have to be very good at it.”
Much like The Guest and It Follows, Longlegs similarly offered glimpses of a much larger world, but with Cage playing the titular character who died in the movie due to self-inflicted injuries, the announcement that he was returning for a sequel took everyone by surprise. Monroe’s character Lee, however, was teased to have had otherworldly abilities, with it seeming likely we could have seen her return for more investigations if there were potential follow-up stories.
At this point, it’s entirely unknown what Perkins and Cage have in store for audiences and if the movie will explore another point in time in Longlegs’ reign of terror or if Cage might even play an entirely new character set in this same world. As we wait for updates on the sequel, we can see Monroe in Victorian Psycho.
Set in Victorian England, eccentric governess Winifred Notty (Monroe) takes a position at a remote gothic manor. As strange occurrences plague the house, the staff and the family, suspicion stirs that Winifred is not what she seems.
Victorian Psycho lands in theater on November 13. Stay tuned for updates on Longlegs 2.
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