With Abigail, her return to horror, coming in April, the star reflects on her high-profile exit from the slasher franchise.
The Scream revival, which kicked off in 2022 and found continued success with last year’s Scream VI, took a major detour in November 2023 when star Melissa Barrera was fired from the franchise by production company Spyglass, which took issue with social media posts Barrera had shared regarding her views on Gaza and Israel. Spyglass called her stance antisemitic; Barrera responded that she’s against “hate and prejudice of any kind.
It’s out April 19, and there’s no chance Barrera isn’t going to be asked about Scream in the lead-up to its release. In a new interview with the Hollywood Reporter, she addresses the situation in depth for the first time since it happened. “It’s definitely hard, because I was just in such a cloudy state of mind, but I was very fortunate,” she told the trade, which noted the actress got teary-eyed while reflecting back.
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