Matthew Lillard is thrilled to be returning to the Scream franchise almost 30 years after he originated the position of Stu Macher.
“I used to be giddy. I used to be freaking out,” Lillard, 55, informed Us Weekly completely on Thursday, September 18, of getting the decision to hitch the solid of Scream 7 whereas selling his partnership with Exact Sciences' Cologuard take a look at. “I had been kind of tongue-in-cheek pushing the truth that Stu's nonetheless alive, he went to jail. Like, I'll go get superhero jacked like [I've] been in jail for the final 20 years. And, , the Radio Silence [Productions] guys left plenty of breadcrumbs within the motion pictures that Stu was nonetheless on the market.”
After he was revealed as one of many authentic Ghostface killers alongside Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis within the authentic 1996 slasher movie, Lillard's Stu was presumed useless after a tv set was dropped on his head along with a number of stab wounds.
Regardless of being vocal about his want to return to the franchise and followers' insistence that the beloved character had survived, Lillard says he was upset when screenwriter Kevin Williamson confirmed that Stu was by no means coming again at a fan conference. Seems, his fake affirmation was simply to throw followers off the path of the filmmaker's actual plan.
“After I acquired [Kevin] on the telephone that day, I used to be like, ‘You're such a jerk. You mentioned I used to be by no means coming again,'” Lillard recalled. “He was like, ‘Yeah, since you stored arguing to come back again, and I used to be making an attempt to distract everybody.'”
After writing the screenplays for Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 4 (2011), Williamson signed on to direct Scream 7, which is about to hit theaters on February 27, 2025.
Matthew Lillard and Rose McGowan in ‘Scream' Courtesy Everett Assortment
Whereas the small print surrounding Lillard's position within the new movie — which additionally stars franchise alums Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Scott Foley, Mark Consuelos, Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown — stay beneath wraps, the actor teased the upcoming slasher with three adjectives.
“Sensible,” he informed Us. “Acquainted — [Because] Kevin's again, and there's a familiarity about Ghostface — and distinctive.”
Scream 7 star Mason Gooding is sharing a small glimpse into what followers can anticipate the following time they meet again up with Ghostface. “I'll say [the movie is] home, I'll say it's homely and unconventional,” Gooding, 29, completely tells Us Weekly concerning the upcoming horror movie. The actor, who has performed Chad Meeks-Martin since Scream […]
But, Lillard admits that he did have some hesitations about revisiting the position of Stu.
“The fact is that I'm somewhat terrified,” he informed Us. “My standing on this movie is nice. The unique Ghostface — spoiler alert! 100 years later — and I come again into the franchise and damage it, or folks don't like me, or individuals are like, ‘That was lame,' , there's plenty of danger.”
He continued: “However studying the script, having Kevin on the helm, having Neve again, it simply kind of made sense. And as a fan of the franchise, as somebody that dearly cares concerning the franchise, I used to be actually excited to be requested. I'm not gonna lie.”
Whereas followers wait patiently for Scream 7, Lillard paid homage to his scream king standing in a brand new marketing campaign with Precise Sciences' Cologuard take a look at.
“I'm form of an knowledgeable at scary,” he says within the advert, which begins with an ominous knock on the door interrupting the actor reducing tomatoes. After Lillard realizes it's only a supply man dropping off his Cologuard take a look at, he provides “a grown man with frosted suggestions” — a nod to his ‘90s hairdo — to a listing of scary issues, together with “forgetting to display screen for colon most cancers if you flip 45.”
“I personally have seen the ravages of most cancers. It's a horrible illness,” Lillard shared of his involvement with the marketing campaign. “On the finish of the day, if this little spot can encourage folks to get examined, that's a win for humanity.”
