The Longlegs filmmaker speaks to GQ about his gory new Stephen King adaptation, casting Theo James as terrorised twins, and how his personal experience with death allowed him to find its funny side

This dual role feels like the perfect role for allowing Theo James to simultaneously play to type and subvert expectations. The start of Theo James’ career is best summed up by his role in the often forgotten dystopian series Divergent,

The actor discusses playing twins in Osgood Perkins’s horror film, finding humor in dark situations and why that monkey is so, so creepy.

Theo James is back in Osgood Perkins' latest offering - The Monkey. This new thriller-comedy film is about a haunted toy monkey that kills people for no good reason.

The "Longlegs" filmmaker drew from his own experience with people dying "in insane ways" for the Neon horror comedy The post How ‘The Monkey’ Writer-Director Osgood Perkins Added Soul to All the Splatter appeared first on TheWrap.

Based on Stephen King’s short story, The Monkey narrates the story of twin brothers Bill and Hal (Christian Convery), who find their father’s antique monkey toy, and after that, we see a series of gruesome deaths around them, which are not only unusual but also freak and weird to another level.

"Longlegs" filmmaker Osgood Perkins adapted Stephen King's story "The Monkey," starring Theo James as twin brothers haunted by a cursed wind-up toy.

When Theo James first appeared on TV and movie ... He stars in “The Monkey,” the latest from “Longlegs” impresario Osgood Perkins. James plays both Hal and Bill, twin brothers whose ...

That’s the only explanation for the numbing lack of thrills or chills or dread in Osgood Perkins’ “The ... Cut to “White Lotus” actor Theo James as Hal years later: a man fearful of ...

and a sense of unyielding sadness is streaked throughout this tale (Perkins balances that sorrow with dry humor). Twin brothers Hal and Bill (played as children by Christian Convery; Theo James as adults) find a wind-up toy monkey in the effects of their ...

Osgood Perkins' latest horror movie, an adaptation of Stephen King's The Monkey, has earned the same CinemaScore as its predecessor Longlegs.

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