10 Scream Behind-the-Scenes Facts Even OG Fans May Not Know
Can you guess which cast member got into the whole 'Hermione Granger' mode to get the role and who didn't even see all the previous parts?
Take a seat and enjoy the story.
1.The Real Voice of Ghostface
Roger L. Jackson — a voice actor who gifted us an iconic 'What's your favorite scary movie' phrase has never left.
You can hear him in every single franchise and, moreover, he and other characters literally have a real phone conversation every time you see one on the screen.
2. Courteney Cox Is A Fighter
And not just because of her character, persistent journalist, Gale Weathers who always ends up being 'the last girl'. In real life, Courteney Cox had to fight for her iconic role.
In Entertainment Tonight interview she confessed that she wrote a letter to the director Wesley Craven admitting that she can play "a real b**ch."
3. Neve Campbell's Improvisation
The iconic comeback of the main girl Sidney Prescott in Scream 5 was a blessing for the fans.
She was also the one who came up with the idea of her character saying "I'm Sidney f**king Prescott — of course I have a gun" when Dewey calls her.
4. Protective Vest Was Not So Protective
Even though in the first Scream the OG Skeet Ulrich had to wear a protective vest it didn't seem to protect him well.
In the scene where Sydney stabs him with an umbrella, the pain on Skeet's face was real as it hit him right in his old wounds.
5. Melissa Barrera Didn't Have An Audition
The actress who played Sam, Billy Loomis' daughter and the final girl, in Scream 5 and Scream 6 never actually had a real audition.
She met with directors via Zoom and they had a pretty long getting-to-know-you conversation, the next day Melissa got a part in the movie.
6. Writers Always Have a Backup Plan
Writers were always concerned about the script being leaked, that's why there is always more than just one storyline at the beginning of every franchise production.
Thus, in Scream 2 Dewey could end up as Ghostface; in Scream 4 Sidney's niece Jill aka Ghostface had to survive and continue her murders in the next parts, and in Scream 5, Tara and Amber were originally to be presented as a couple.
7. Mason Gooding Or Hermione Granger?
At the University Mason wrote a six-page long essay proving that Scream deserved a reboot and after meeting the directors he finally got a chance to show them his creation.
We all know that it led him to get the role of Chad in parts 5 and 6, having your little Hermione Granger moment seems to be not a bad idea.
8. Stu Macher Could Be Back?
Scream's second OG Matthew Lillard admitted in the Pop My Culture podcast that he originally had to come back as a high schoolers killer in Scream 3 but, after the Columbine massacre, the idea was put aside.
There are still rumors that Matthew could be back as Ghostface in Scream 7 and, to tell the truth, we are really desperate for this one.
9. Mindy Meeks-Martin Is Nothing Like Her Brother
Meanwhile, Mason Gooding was writing essays on the franchise, his on-screen sister Jasmin Savoy-Brown had never even seen any of the Scream movies before being cast in the new one.
Well, this one looks like a real-life Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley tandem.
10. Only Two Teenagers In A Teenage Movie
Even though Scream is about high school and teenagers the movie had only two actors who actually matched a teenage age.
Jenna Ortega turned 18 right before filming Scream 5 and Emma Roberts was 19 while filming Scream 4.
Sources: Entertainment Tonight, Pop My Culture