Ghostface would possibly like a recreation of questions right here and there, however actor Matthew Lillard shouldn’t be taking part in about his return to the Scream franchise.
Becoming a member of unique castmates David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, Dermot Mulroney and Skeet Ulrich earlier at present at Hartford’s 90s Con held on the Connecticut Conference Heart, Lillard spoke on a panel moderated by Folks about his worry of ruining the seminal horror film’s legacy upon his (potential) resurrection.
“I’ll say, I can’t say something about it, clearly. However I’m very excited and barely terrified to be again as a result of all I can do is de facto screw up a legacy that we’ve got,” he defined.
The Scooby-Doo actor continued, “I may actually suck, and in order that’s my worry. My worry is that I come again and type of punish one thing that I may by no means have touched and been simply high-quality. I hope I don’t F it up for everybody.”
Initially premiering in 1996 and rapidly changing into an iconic entry into the cult traditional slasher style, Scream has since spawned six sequels, with the seventh installment being launched by Paramount subsequent 12 months on Feb. 27.
Lillard’s profession catapulted following his flip within the flick as Stu Macher, one-half of the evil duo (together with Ulrich’s Billy Loomis) behind the savage killings at Woodsboro Excessive. As a refresher, each die on the finish of the movie’s conclusion — or do they? In the denouement, Stu and Billy are seen stabbing one another to attempt to go themselves off as victims of Ghostface after planning to kill Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott, nonetheless she will get the higher hand by dropping a TV on the previous and subsequently electrocuting him. The latter dies a extra decisive demise, being shot by Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers and ultimately completed off with a bullet to the brow by Sidney.
Earlier this 12 months, Deadline broke the information that Lillard would return to Woodsboro. Since his flip in Scream, Lillard has starred in She’s All That, The Descendants and performed a task within the Blumhouse/Common hit 5 Nights at Freddy’s.
The actor will seem alongside fellow legacy solid members Campbell and Cox in addition to Scott Foley, Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown, alongside newcomers Isabel Could, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Anna Camp, Joel McHale and Mark Consuelos. Each Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega had been initially set to return as their on-screen sister duo; nonetheless, the previous was unceremoniously dropped from the venture for calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the latter departed on account of scheduling conflicts with Wednesday Season 2.
