‘Scream’ Star Neve Campbell Still Questions Whether That Shocking Twist Was the ‘Right Choice’

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not seen the new “Scream” movie.

This story contains major spoilers.Neve Campbell admits she wasn’t too sure about signing on for the new “Scream,” the fifth installment of the horror franchise, because she couldn’t imagine doing it after the death of Wes Craven.But 25 years after the first film was released, directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin were able to convince not only her, but fellow legacy cast members David Arquette and Courteney Cox, to return to Woodsboro.“Wes was brilliant and the reason this is such a successful franchise.

I really didn’t know whether anyone would be able to pull this off, get the tone right, get the humor, get the cleverness,” Campbell told me just days after the movie’s bonanza opening weekend. “And then Matt and Tyler wrote me a letter and expressed to me that the very reason they became filmmakers was because of Wes Craven and that their movie ‘Ready or Not’ was based on the tone of ‘Scream.’ They expressed to me how much it meant to them to be making this film, and that they couldn’t believe they were actually getting the opportunity to even write me this letter.

They really wanted to do right by Wes and honor his legacy. I think if they hadn’t written that letter, I wouldn’t have done it.” Below, Campbell discusses the movie’s shocking twist and its many Easter eggs.When you were reading the script, were you able to figure out who the killers were?I knew they’d done a good job, because I hadn’t figured it out.One of my favorite lines in the movie is when Dewey asks you if you have a gun and you say, “I’m Sidney fucking Prescott.