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Jenna Ortega thinks Hollywood has become "so touchy-feely" following Melissa Barrera’s firing from ‘Scream VII’. The 'In The Heights' star was axed from the horror franchise last November after she posted a series of pro-Palestinian comments on social media about the Israel-Hamas War and now Barrera’s 21-year-old co-star - who played her sister Tara Carpenter in 2022’s ‘Scream’ and ‘Scream VI’ - has argued people need to gain a "better sense of conversation" about sensitive subjects. She told Vanity Fair magazine: "The business that we work in is so touchy-feely. Everybody wants to be politica...
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Melissa Barrera feels like her 'Scream' character arc gave her "closure". The 33-year-old actress played Sam Carpenter - the daughter of 1996 'Scream' movie killer Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) - in 2022's 'Scream' and its sequel 'Scream VI, but she was fired from upcoming flick 'Scream 7' due to her publicly pro-Palestinian stance. Her character's story dealt with the idea of whether the connection to her father meant Sam was always meant to be a murderer, but she was seen throwing her father's mask onto the concrete below. Speaking to Collider's Perri Nemiroff for 'Ladies Night', she said: "I ...
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Melissa Barrera was in a "cloudy state of mind" after being fired from the 'Scream' franchise. The 33-year-old actress was axed from her role as Sam Carpenter in the slasher films as a result of her pro-Palestinian social media posts and admits that she was "fortunate" to have a strong support network in the aftermath. Melissa told The Hollywood Reporter: "It's definitely hard, because I was just in such a cloudy state of mind, but I was very fortunate. I had a lot of support from the people around me: my team and specifically my publicists - they just carried me." Despite her controversial ex...
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Melissa Barrera has no ill feelings after being axed from the 'Scream' franchise over her pro-Palestinian social media posts. The 33-year-old Mexican actress played Sam Carpenter - the illegitimate daughter of original Ghostface killer Billy Loomis and survivor of the Woodsboro murders - in the fifth and sixth instalments in the slasher franchise, but she was dropped from 'Scream VII' by production company Spyglass who deemed her posts on Instagram calling for an end to Israel's bombing of Gaza and reference to Israel as a "colonised country" to be antisemitic. Melissa insists she will forever...
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Neve Campbell isn't ruling out a return to the 'Scream' franchise - if she's paid fairly. The 50-year-old actress, who portrayed Sidney Prescott for more than two decades, starting with the 1996 original slasher flick, quit over a dispute over pay in June 2022 and did not appear in 2023's 'Scream VI'. The next movie is in doubt after Melissa Barrera, 33, who played Tara Carpenter’s (Jenna Ortega) half-sister Sam Carpenter, was fired from the film over comments she made regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. Jenna, 21, later exited the film due to a scheduling conflict with the second season of t...
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Melissa Barrera has vowed to "continue to speak out", despite being fired from 'Scream VII' over her comments regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. The 33-year-old actress had been set to reprise her role as Sam Carpenter - the daughter of the original movie's villain Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) - in the seventh instalment of the slasher franchise, but she was quietly let go by Spyglass Media Group, who are producing the film, because of her posts supporting Palestine have been deemed antisemitic by Spyglass Media Group. And now Melissa has shared a statement, in which she "condemned" antisemit...
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Jenna Ortega will not be returning for 'Scream VII'. The 21-year-old actress has starred as Tara Carpenter in the previous two installments of the slasher franchise but will not feature in the next flick due to a scheduling conflict with the second season of the Netflix series 'Wednesday' – in which she plays the title role of Wednesday Addams. Jenna's exit is unrelated to the firing of Melissa Barrera, who plays Tara's half-sister Sam Carpenter, from the film over comments she made regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. It is understood that Ortega's departure from 'Scream' was discussed prior ...
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Melissa Barrera has been fired from 'Scream VII' for her comments regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. The 33-year-old actress had been set to reprise her role as Sam Carpenter - the daughter of the original movie's villain Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) - in the seventh instalment of the slasher franchise, but her posts supporting Palestine have been deemed antisemitic by Spyglass Media Group. In a statement, a spokesperson for the studio said: "Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to ge...
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Angus Cloud completed his final role before he died. The late ‘Euphoria’ star had wrapped on the as-yet-untitled Universal monster thriller movie directed by ‘Scream’ directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, which is due out in April next year - just before he was found dead aged 25 on July 31, just a week after his father’s funeral in Ireland. A source confirmed to ‘Entertainment Tonight’ that the movie - which boasted a star-studded cast of Melissa Barrera, 33, Kathryn Newton, 26, Dan Stevens, 40, Alisha Weir, 13, Kevin Durand, 49, and Will Catlett, 40 - had concluded filming prior...
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Melissa Barrera took the failure of 'In The Heights' personally. The 32-year-old actress starred as Vanessa in the 2021 film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway show and confessed that the movie's disappointing performance at the box office hit her hard. Melissa told NME: "At the time, I did take it very personally. I don't anymore. But it was my first big movie, everybody was saying it was going to be this huge hit, and it meant a lot to have a big studio movie with an all-people-of-colour cast. "The reviews were great, and the movie was fantastic – I'm proud of it – but then it didn'...
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