Meet the Actor Behind the Monsters of Mama, Crimson Peak, and Slender Man

It’s evident in our interviews with cinematographers, visual effects artists, makeup designers, location scouts, and more that we often don’t even see the faces of much of Hollywood’s talented creators. That includes some actors, too, who are less recognizable but paramount to the success of some of our favorite flicks.

Javier Botet, a Spaniard with over a decade of big-screen experience, is one of those actors. Botet grew up with Marfan syndrome,

A Seven-Foot-Tall French Contortionist is Going to Terrify us All as Slender Man

There are plenty of enduring internet myths, but perhaps none are quite as creepy as Slender Man, the towering ghoul with extremely long arms and legs who has “appeared” looming in the background of photos taken of children. Slender Man was actually created as a Photoshop contest back in 2009, but the myth went from silly/scary to truly terrifying when a pair of 12-year old girls in Wisconsin were charged with attempted homicide after they stabbed one of their friends and cited Slender Man as their inspiration.