Nearly three years after her controversial dismissal from the Scream franchise, series star Melissa Barrera isn't holding back in her honest assessment of the franchise's most recent installment.
In a recent interview with Variety, the 35-year-old In the Heights actress was asked for her thoughts on Scream 7, the latest sequel in the hit Scream franchise. As fans might remember, the movie's production was rife with issues almost from the get-go, most obviously Barrera's firing from the franchise following her public remarks on Israel's war against Palestine.
While Barrera maintains some understandably ill feelings towards the studio behind Scream, she nevertheless maintains fond memories of her initial time in the franchise, including her career-making performances in 2022's Scream and its sequel, Scream VI.
"The reality is that Scream is always going to be a big part of me because it was two years of my life, it gave me a lot, and I’m grateful specifically to [directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett] who gave me that shot," the actress explained. "That hasn’t been soured for me. They don’t have that power."
Despite this, Barrera did admit she had lost some respect for the actors who participated in Scream 7, likening it to "crossing the picket line" and aligning themselves with the studio.
"They have to live with that," the actress pointedly said. "The only way they were able to make that movie after what happened was to nostalgia-bait as much as possible."
As much as she admires the original Screammovies she starred in, Barrera also said she doesn't completely understand how voicing support for a cause she truly believes in could ultimately get her punished in such a harsh way.
"For me, I was like, 'Wait — I’m trying to call out something that is severely, severely wrong and evil, and I get punished for it. I get everything taken from me. What is the lesson I’m supposed to learn?'"
"I was even questioning God: 'What are You trying to teach me? Because I don’t understand why the ones that are trying to do the right thing are getting punished, and the people that are like la-la-la-la-la continue to rise. I don’t understand this game. What is this?!'" Barrera continued. "It was a rude awakening."
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