Alicia Witt says starring in Longlegs was profoundly cathartic after trauma
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In the film, Witt plays the traumatised mother of a young FBI agent.
US star Alicia Witt said starring alongside Nicolas Cage in new horror film Longlegs helped with the death of both her parents and a cancer diagnosis.