David Arquette Reacts After Neve Campbell Turns Down Scream 6 Over Dangerous Supply

On Monday, information broke that Campbell wouldn’t reprise her position as Sidney within the subsequent film, after  getting a suggestion which, to her, “didn’t equate to the worth I’ve dropped at the franchise.” Her announcement got here simply as Arquette was in the midst of a press day for his new online game, The Quarry — and it wasn’t lengthy till he was requested to share his ideas on her determination.

“I might love for her to be part of it,” Arquette informed ComicBook. “A Scream film with out Sidney is form of unlucky, however I perceive her determination. It is all a enterprise in a means, they must stability all these components to suit a funds and produce a movie.”

“I get it, she’s nonetheless alive! She [can] completely be in future ones, however I believe it is as much as followers to name for that sooner or later,” he added. “That’s sudden, it is a enterprise, although. I respect her determination, for positive.”

He additionally mentioned he wasn’t all that “looped in” on the sixth film, since [SPOILER ALERT] his character was killed off within the fifth movie.

“As a girl I’ve needed to work extraordinarily exhausting in my profession to determine my worth, particularly relating to Scream,” Campbell mentioned in a press release of her determination. “I felt the provide that was introduced to me didn’t equate to the worth I’ve dropped at the franchise.”

“It has been a really troublesome determination to maneuver on. To all my ‘Scream’ followers, I like you. You’ve got at all times been so extremely supportive to me,” she added. “I am ceaselessly grateful to you and to what this franchise has given me over the previous 25 years.”

Courteney Cox — who, together with David Arquette, has additionally appeared in all 5 motion pictures — not too long ago confirmed she’ll return for the sixth installment, which is ready to start out filming this month in Canada. Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega — who all appeared within the 2021 launch — can even be again for six.

Hayden Panettiere, whose character Kirby Reed first appeared in “Scream 4,” can even return. Although she was presumed useless, Kirby was confirmed alive in a Scream 2021 Easter egg.

Per Paramount Photos and Spyglass Media, the subsequent film will comply with “the 4 survivors of the Ghostface killings as they depart Woodsboro behind and begin a recent chapter.”