A major Scream star has reportedly been removed from the upcoming sequel.After making her debut in 2022’s Scream, which is the fifth installment of the popular horror series, Melissa Barrera returned in this year’s sequel Scream VI. She was set to return to reprise her role as Sam Carpenter in Scream 7, but Variety now reports that Spyglass has “quietly dropped” Barrera from the sequel. According to the report, this is due to comments made by Barrera on social media referring to Israel as a “colonized” land, and floating an “antisemitic trope that Jews control the media.” Her comments included, “Western media only shows the [Israeli] side. Why do they do that, I will let you deduce for yourself.”The Variety report added that Spyglass declined to comment on the report, while Barrera did not respond to a request for information. Meanwhile, a subsequent report from /Film claims that their sources have also confirmed the news of Barrera’s exit from Scream 7, noting that it was not the original plan for the sequel. The news also follows reports that Susan Sarandon had similarly been dropped by her talent agency, UTA, reportedly due to pro-Palestinian comments made about the Israel-Hamas war.Scream Fans Notice Stu Macher Easter Egg in Five Nights at Freddy’s
A major Scream star has reportedly been removed from the upcoming sequel.
After making her debut in 2022’s Scream, which is the fifth installment of the popular horror series, Melissa Barrera returned in this year’s sequel Scream VI. She was set to return to reprise her role as Sam Carpenter in Scream 7, but Variety now reports that Spyglass has “quietly dropped” Barrera from the sequel. According to the report, this is due to comments made by Barrera on social media referring to Israel as a “colonized” land, and floating an “antisemitic trope that Jews control the media.” Her comments included, “Western media only shows the [Israeli] side. Why do they do that, I will let you deduce for yourself.”
The Variety report added that Spyglass declined to comment on the report, while Barrera did not respond to a request for information. Meanwhile, a subsequent report from /Film claims that their sources have also confirmed the news of Barrera’s exit from Scream 7, noting that it was not the original plan for the sequel. The news also follows reports that Susan Sarandon had similarly been dropped by her talent agency, UTA, reportedly due to pro-Palestinian comments made about the Israel-Hamas war.
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