Scream VI's directors and writer have opened up about how Scream icon Neve Campbell's decision to leave the film impacted the story.
directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and writer James Vanderbilt have opened up about howabout if Campbell leaving the movie changed any large arcs in the story, the filmmakers explained that the actress’ departure didn’t cause any major issues.
“This was always the story we wanted to tell, which is really exciting we were able to do it. The Sam and Tara sister story was always the thing we wanted to be front and center in this,” Vanderbilt said. “We love Neve and think she’s amazing and had a great experience with her on“That happened early enough in the process. Credit to the script, which was structurally solid and changed very little. There wasn’t a huge pivot,” Gillett said.
Bettinelli-Olpin also confirmed that no reshoots had to be done as a result of the change, as it happened in pre-production. “And there were no reshoots, because it was all very pre-production,” the director explained. “I mean, we were panicked, because we’re losing our minds. We’re like, we don’t know what we’re shooting.” Gillett followed up, saying, “We were prepping two versions of a movie.”
Finally, the group was asked about how Sidney, Campbell’s character, would have ended up in New York in the original script, to which Vanderbilt simply said, “Yeah, I don’t want to talk about the woulda-couldas.”features the return of franchise vets Courteney Cox and Hayden Panettiere as well as several returning cast members from 2022’s
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