Matthew Lillard reveals how he learned Stu would return in 'Scream 7'

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Matthew Lillard reveals how he learned Stu would return in 'Scream 7'
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“I was on a walk. I was on a business call with my company, Find Familiar Spirits,” he recounted toNetflix star and mom of three announces own death in heartbreaking post Dick Van Dyke shares he's probably the ‘last person alive’ who knew Walt Disney — as icon nears 100th birthday“I was like, ‘That’s really weird,'” Lillard continued.

“I had just seen him three weeks earlier at a game night at Mike Flanagan’s house. So the moment is immortalized in my mind. I picked up the phone and we had small talk for five minutes, and it was like, ‘Do you want to come back?’ I literally was like, ‘Oh my!’ I, like, screamed.” However, after Williamson previously denied fan theories that Stu was alive, the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” actor thought returning was out of the question. “When he asked me, I was like, ‘I thought you didn’t want me in the film,'” Lillard recalled. “He’s like, ‘I wanted you to shut up because I want you in the film.'”“I will tell you, if I have a secret, I am 90 percent gonna tell someone that I have a secret,” Lillard admitted. “And the weird thing is, I have not told a single soul about how or why Stu comes back.” “It’s testing through the roof,” Lillard gushed. “I think the last regime of actors and creatives were incredible. I think they did a great job. I think the movie was in great hands. I think Kevin’s just taken it back in a way towards the original roots. I think fans are gonna be really happy.”In October, the trailer for “Scream 7” dropped, and the last moment included the voice of Stu saying: “This is gonna be fun!”“The only power of anything in this business is saying yes or no, and once you say yes, you have zero control,” he noted.Also returning is Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott and Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers. Despite their character’s being killed off, David Arquette’s Dewey Riley and Scott Foley’s Roman Bridger, are also back.that he was supposed to be in “Scream 7,” until Melissa Barrera was fired after posting about the Israel-Hamas war.Ulrich returned in the fifth and sixth movie. “I’m not involved. I’m really excited though,” he said. “I’m excited for Kevin Williamson to take the helm and to see what the mastermind of it all comes up with. I have no clue.” “I used to know,” Ulrich continued, “because part of coming back for five and six was being a part of seven. It was a three-picture arc for Billy Loomis, or the imagination of Billy Loomis in Melissa Barrera’s character’s head. But when all that went down with her, obviously you lose her and you lose what’s in her head.”Ulrich said he also “used to know” the full plot of “Scream 7” and it “was really, really interesting.” But now, he’s in the dark. “I don’t know how Matt’s back,” Ulrich confessed. “I have no idea, which I’m kind of excited for, to see it and not know.”about returning: “Oh, it’s been awesome. I’ve always been on the fringes of the last few ‘Scream’ movies, as sort of the granddaddy of the franchise.” Woman allegedly left by boyfriend to freeze to death on Austrian mountain identified -- as tributes pour in Webcam shows mountaineer allegedly leave dumped girlfriend to freeze to death on Austria’s highest peak Cardi B wears plunging black dress with risqué open back to celebrate boyfriend Stefon Diggs’ 32nd birthday in Miami Meghan Markle’s sister blasts claims actress ‘reached out’ to dad Thomas following leg amputation: ‘PR bulls–t’ ‘The View’s Ana Navarro Thinks Bill Clinton Would’ve Been Removed From The White House If His Scandal With Monica Lewinsky Happened After #MeToo©Dimension Films/Courtesy Everett Collection

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