Beloved Scream Franchise Star Laments Getting Left Out of Seventh Film

With Scream 7 bringing again a number of characters from the useless, one franchise alum hopes to hitch in on the enjoyable and see her character emerge from the afterlife. Scream 2 star Sarah Michelle Gellar hopes for an additional run within the titular slasher movie collection almost 30 years after seeing others return from the useless for the following sequel.

Talking with Leisure Tonight, Gellar expressed curiosity in seeing her character, Cici Cooper, seem in Scream 7 or a future sequel regardless of being one in all Ghostface’s many victims within the eponymous franchise. Nonetheless, Gellar by no means obtained a name from creator Kevin Williamson or the Scream brass a couple of comeback. “I attempted to get in Scream – no one needed me,” Gellar stated. “They had been bringing all people again, I stored pondering I might get a name. I didn’t get a name.”

Gellar’s time as a scream queen in Scream 2 was temporary as Cici was murdered early within the award-winning sequel. The acclaimed actor believes Scream 7 would have been the proper time to convey Cici again following the inclusion of David Arquette’s Dewey Riley and Matthew Lillard’s Stu Macher, each of whom had been additionally killed off within the early Scream movies. “There’s lots of people that died in all of the Scream films which might be again. Skeet [Ulrich], [Matthew] Lillard – I’m simply saying I’m ready for my name,” Gellar stated.

Scream 7 Options Some Previous Faces and a New Route

Directed by franchise creator Kevin Williamson, Scream 7 is about to debut following a slew of inventive shifts triggered by the departure of helmers Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett), plus star Melissa Barrera’s controversial exit. Together with the return of deceased characters, Scream 7 will revolve round Neve Campbell’s legacy character, Sidney Prescott, and her household after Campbell skipped Scream VI on account of wage disagreements.

Scream 7 wrapped filming in March after a January manufacturing begin. Scream mainstay Courtney Cox will reprise her position as Gale Weathers, whereas Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding are once more taking part in twins Mindy Meeks-Martin and Chad Meeks-Martin, coming back from 2022’s Scream and Scream VI. Roger L. Jackson additionally returns because the voice of Ghostface, a job he is performed for the reason that unique Scream.

In the meantime, Gellar can also be related to one other cult basic horror movie, notably starring as Helen Shivers in I Know What You Did Final Summer time, which Williamson wrote. With I Know What You Did Final Summer time getting a sequel 28 years after the unique, there have been rumors of Helen returning for the film regardless of being killed off within the first installment. Nonetheless, the remake’s director, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, revealed that she was unsuccessful in convincing Gellar to return regardless of “relentlessly” making an attempt to get her on board.

Scream 7 opens in theaters on Feb. 17, 2026. Followers also can watch Gellar in Scream 2 by streaming the legacy sequel through Paramount+.

Supply: Leisure Tonight