Kristen Stewart details her near miss with the Scream franchiseās past, before assessing the possibility of making an appearance somewhere down the line.
A spoiler for 1996ās Scream follows.
If you didnāt get to see the new
Scream movie earlier this year then at some point, youāre in for some fun. Some have argued that it might just be the best entry since the first film, which is impressive considering its the fifth installment in the long-running series. One high-profile fan of the films is Kristen Stewart, the actor currently winning lots of plaudits for her role as Princess Diana in
Spencer. Whilst speaking to
Slant, Stewart revealed that sheād previously been invited into the seriesā fourth entry to emulate the high-wattage, quick death cameo that Drew Barrymore memorably pulled off in the 1996 original.
āSo it’s the Drew [Barrymore] character that gets killed in the beginningā explained Stewart. āAnd they created a whole sequence where a lot of people got killed to emulate the Drew thing. But it was just going to be one person, and I was like ‘I can’t do a Drew. I can’t touch that’ ā¦ But, yeah, so then they ended up doing, if I’m remembering correctly, a larger sequence and not just one victimā.
Stewart does indeed remember correctly, and although she would ultimately choose not to appear, the meta approach to that filmās opening that the creators went for instead would prove to be a clever and memorable flourish. Still, itās interesting to wonder if Stewartās potential cameo, considering she was the star of the massively popular
Twilight films at the time, would have had achieved the same cultural impact as Barrymoreās quick and violent onscreen death.
When asked if sheād consider being part of the series moving forwards, Stewart wasnāt ruling it out. āMaybe. I would read the script. I love Neve Campbell so much. She was very nice to me, and it was very satisfying that she’s a very nice person. I love that movie. I’ve watched it recently, as an adult though. It’s so gnarly. I love the movie because it loves movies. The coolest part of
Scream is what it says about film. It’s so self-aware. It folds in on itself like six times. I love how much [Wes Craven] loves movies and how embedded that isā.
Thereās still plenty of time for Stewart to get involved, with
Scream 6 set to shoot this summer. When we hear more, weāll let you know.
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