Directors of horror hit take a deep dive into spoiler territory.
Warning: This article contains spoilersabout the fifth installment ofScream.
We also knew it was a crazy risk.
‘Scream’ (2022).Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group
The idea of making a safeScreammovie is something that I don’t think anyone wants to see.
How did he react to that?
I think there was some trepidation.
David Arquette as Dewey Riley in ‘Scream’.BROWNIE HARRIS/ Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group
I think there was some nerves about it.
There were nerves of, is this the right thing?
In our first conversation with David, he said, “Think about it, think about it.”
Scream (2022).BROWNIE HARRIS/Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group
What was it like shooting his death scene?
CHAD VILLELLA:That day was something that we’ll never experience again on any set, probably ever.
There was such a reverence and respect and soberness to everybody on set that day.
Scream (2022) filmmakers.BROWNIE HARRIS/ Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group
But I think David especially, it meant a lot for him.
He was just phenomenal on everything we shot that day.
It was a really physical chunk of shooting.
I think we did that over the course of two or three days.
He just wanted to be in the physicality of it, and kudos to him.
We love his performance so damn much in this movie.
What about shooting Judy Hicks' death scene?
GILLETT:That was also one of those really brutal moments.
It was hard, but it was interesting structurally, Marley’s death.
It kind of happens at the beginning of a much longer tense sequence.
Was Marley emotional about saying goodbye to her character?
BETTINELLI-OLPIN:Not really.
I think she came to play, if I’m being honest.
She was actually the first person that we talked to from the original movies.
She was just kind of excited.
I don’t think she ever thought she’d play Judy Hicks again.
She’d only been in one movie.
So, when she got on board, she [was] much more of like, “Fun!
I’m going to get killed!
This will be cool!
I’m going to get a coolScreamkill!”
And on the day, it was much lighter than when Dewey got killed.
How did you achieve the return of Skeet’s character?
I have no idea whether you shot new footage or manipulated old material.
Turns out Skeet Ulrich is aging super super-well and is a really good-looking guy!
GILLETT:We learnedso muchtrivia on this movie.
That super-cool Skeet we know from the original Scream?
He’s like, “I had to sit in hair and makeup every day for likehours.”
So they would straighten his hair every single day.
That was not his natural hair, which blew our minds.
BETTINELLI-OLPIN:To Skeet’s credit, he posted about it yesterday for the first time.
He reached out to William, our producer, to be like, “Is it cool?
Can I do it now?”
In the newScream, Sidney is married to an unseen character called Mark.
BETTINELLI-OLPIN:Mark Kincaid!
[Laughs]
BETTINELLI-OLPIN:Mark KincaidisSid’s husband.
Since we last spoke, the film has been released and done very well at the box office.
Have you had any discussions about being involved in another one?
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