They’re as freaked out by Cats as you are.
“I just would text every day being like, ‘Is there a role?
Is there a role?’
Jack Quaid and Melissa Barrera in 2022’s ‘Scream’.BROWNIE HARRIS/ Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group
I’m still pinching myself that it’s real.
I feel like I can retire.
Unless they ask me back for more.”
Dylan Minnette in ‘Scream’.BROWNIE HARRIS/ Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group
I think Wes could be considered the “nice guy” of the new friends.
SONIA AMMAR:I play Liv McKenzie, a new addition to the Woodsboro High School friend group.
And she has pink hair!
Mikey Madison in ‘Scream’.Paramount Pictures
[Laughs] That’s pretty much what I can give away.
MIKEY MADISON:I play Amber, a high schooler at Woodsboro.
I’m part of the friend group and best friends with Tara [Jenna Ortega].
She is a very protective friend.
JASMIN SAVOY BROWN:I play Mindy Meeks-Martin notMindy Martin-Meeks, as Mason kept referring to us.
Mindy is the horror buff.
I like her a lot.
MASON GOODING: I play Chad Meeks-Martin, the brother of Mindy Meeks-Martin and boyfriend to Liv.
He’s a jock.
MELISSA BARRERA:I play Sam Carpenter, everybody’s mom.
She’s just not in the high school generation anymore.
But then, of course, she has to return, and gets sucked into the whole killing spree.
JACK QUAID:I play Richie Kirsch.
Let’s say he gets a crash course in this movie.
EW:What’s your favorite scary movie not in theScreamfranchise?
QUAID:My favorite scary movie has got to beAlien.
That chest-burster scene still gives me nightmares.
I used to watch it a lot every weekend with my friends.
It’s Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, and Owen Wilson.
I just loved it.
I also loved all theFinal Destinations.
There was something really messed up about that.
I don’t know what I will do the day it actually breaks.
I’ll probably start screaming and get off the plane.
BROWN:My favorite scary movie has got to beFinding Nemo.
I mean, that scene at the beginning when the mom dies?
BARRERA:The butt.
BROWN:The butt!
MASON:Hands down,Toy Story.
Those under-the-bed toys gave me nightmares for years, and that will never leave me.
MADISON:I love horror, so there’s so many.
BROWN:Like the second day we met.
QUAID:It was amazing.
AMMAR:I feel like mine changes every day.
Oh, andFinding Nemotoo, I guess.
BARRERA:What aboutCats?
What aboutCats, guys?Catsis pretty scary.
BROWN:That’s a horror film, certainly.
MINNETTE:My favorite scary movie, besidesScream, because that’s honestly my real answer…
I think the first thing that comes to mind isHereditary.
I love that movie.
Dylan, asScreamis your favorite horror film, what was it like making this new movie?
And I think the first person I met wasDavid Arquette.
It just sort of hits you.
QUAID:Oh, I know the exact moment.
Sonia, what memory will you take away from the shoot?
AMMAR:I remember feeling the whole time, like, “Do I belong here?
How am I here?”
It’s pretty mind-blowing.
I love you guys.
MADISON:I was pinching myself too.
I just felt incredibly humble the entire time.
Itsoundsawful, but, honestly, it’s so fun.
We would just yell at each other and get very into it.
But I feel like a very special memory was Halloween, because we were shooting during Halloween.
They rebuilt the house from the first film on a stage with like a front lawn and everything.
And then we went into the house and toured it and did silly videos and had fun.
That was a very special night.
BROWN:Did they ever release those videos?
Or were we too goofy?
BARRERA:I hope not.
We all felt really lucky.
We went from basically isolating ourselves to being able to hang out with these wonderful people.
I love David to bits.
MINNETTE:I left my painting behind because I’d rather forget it.
Screamopens in theaters January 14.
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