{"id":2267901,"date":"2026-02-05T13:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2267901"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:03:13","slug":"i-hadnt-read-the-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-hadnt-read-the-script\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I hadn&#8217;t read the script&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F01%2Fscott-foley-scream-return-comp.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Back to Woodsboro. <\/p>\n<p>Scott Foley \u201chadn\u2019t read the script\u201d before returning to the \u201cScream\u201d franchise for \u201cScream 7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know the story, they just asked me to show up for a day. I\u2019m so excited to see the film,\u201d Foley, 53, exclusively told The Post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Scott Foley at Prime Video and Wonder Project\u2019s \u201cIts Not Like That\u201d premiere on Jan.  21, 2026 in New York City.  <span class=\"credit\">Andrew H. Walker\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Scott Foley in \u201cScream 3.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Dimension Films<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cScandal,\u201d actor, who was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/23\/entertainment\/why-scott-foleys-daunting-pastor-role-reminds-him-of-felicity\/\">talking to The Post<\/a> to promote his new series \u201cIt\u2019s Not Like That\u201d (for The Wonder Project on Prime Video), said that he had the \u201cbest time\u201d returning to the world of \u201cScream.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The actor originally played Roman Bridger in 2000\u2019s \u201cScream 3,\u201d who was ultimately unmasked as the murderer \u2014 and killed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear how a dead character can be in \u201cScream 7\u201d since the \u201cScandal\u201d alum explained that he doesn\u2019t \u201cknow the story.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy time on set was brief, but I got to walk through Sydney\u2019s old house, and I saw Neve [Campbell] and David [Arquette]. It was wonderful to be back,\u201d Foley said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Scott Foley and Parker Posey in \u201cScream 3.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Miramax\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Courteney Cox and David Arquette in \u201cScream.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First premiering with \u201cScream\u201d in 1996, the horror franchise follows Sydney (Campbell) and her friends like Dewey (Arquette) as they deal with the \u201cGhostface\u201d killer, a villain who dresses up in a scream mask and slashes people. Across the various films, the killer has been a different person behind the mask.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mathew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich played Stu and Billy, the culprits in the original \u201cScream,\u201d and Foley played\u00a0the culprit in \u201cScream 3.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lillard is also returning, despite his character Stu also seemingly dying in \u201cScream.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m nervous, because at this point in my life, the only thing I can do is sort of ruin how people consider Stu,\u201d the \u201cScooby Doo\u201d actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/matthew-lillard-nervous-to-film-scream-7-11819419\">told People<\/a> in Sept. 2025. \u201c[Especially] if I come back and I suck or I was lame.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t explain how Stu could return after apparently dying, but said, \u201cI haven\u2019t seen the movie yet. I don\u2019t know if it works, but it\u2019s a risk. And it\u2019s a risk that I was excited to take.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich in \u201cScream.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Dimensions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Neve Campbell in \u201cScream.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Dimension Films\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cScream\u201d franchise has seen upheaval, as \u201cScream 7\u201d got retooled after original stars Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega exited.<\/p>\n<p>Barerra, 35, was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/21\/entertainment\/melissa-barrera-fired-from-scream-vii-after-social-media-posts-amid-israel-hamas-war\/\">fired in Nov. 2023 <\/a>after a social media post about the Israel Hamas war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ortega, 23, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/07\/entertainment\/jenna-ortega-breaks-her-silence-on-why-she-exited-scream-franchise\/\">said in an April interview<\/a> with The Cut that she left shortly after because, \u201cThe Melissa stuff was happening, and it was all kind of falling apart. If \u2018Scream VII\u2019 wasn\u2019t going to be with that team of directors and those people I fell in love with, then it didn\u2019t seem like the right move for me in my career at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ulrich <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/skeet-ulrich-original-scream-plan-billy-loomis-to-turn-sam-into-ghostface-11862778\">told EW in December <\/a>that he is not returning, but would have returned if Barrera and Ortega had stayed in the movie, as Barrera\u2019s character was his daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve been vocal about that. I\u2019m not. When we talked about coming back for 5, it was a three-picture arc for Billy Loomis to slowly turn his daughter into the killer. Obviously, those things didn\u2019t pan out, given certain things that happened. But, no, I know nothing about the seventh.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega in \u201cScream VI.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Neve Campbell in \u201cScream 5.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kevin Williamson, who wrote the screenplay for the original \u201cScream,\u201d is returning to direct \u201cScream 7.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, it\u2019s been awesome [to return]. I\u2019ve always been on the fringes of the last few \u2018Scream\u2019 movies, as sort of the granddaddy of the franchise,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/19\/entertainment\/kevin-williamson-reacts-to-scream-7-turmoil-cast-shakeups\/\">Williamson told The Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what he can share about Lillard\u2019s role in \u201cScream 7,\u201d Williamson quipped, \u201cNothing. Not one word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I will say, I love Matthew. And it was such a pleasure to call him up,\u201d he added. \u201cThey let me be the one to call and ask them back to the franchise. And that was a really nice phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the behind the scenes upheaval with Barrera and Ortega, he said, \u201cWatching that all go down, and I\u2019m not even sure what happened. I can\u2019t really speak to it, because I wasn\u2019t a part of it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScream 7\u201d hits theaters Feb. 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to Woodsboro. Scott Foley \u201chadn\u2019t read the script\u201d before returning to the \u201cScream\u201d franchise for \u201cScream 7.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know the story, they just asked me to show up for a day. I\u2019m so excited to see the film,\u201d Foley, 53, exclusively told The Post. 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