Drew Barrymore & Matthew Lillard's Scream Cameos Revealed
The fifth installment in the Scream franchise contains some surprising cameos from the original film that even the most eagle-eyed audience members may have missed according to the film's directors, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The movie, which continues the legacy that horror icon Wes Craven started with the 1996 original, sees familiar faces making a return to Woodsboro, California, the location of the first movie. Another killer decked out in the series' signature ghost mask is on a murderous rampage which draws in several returning characters that have been with the series since its opening entry.
The first Scream followed Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott as she's tormented by masked killers with a penchant for scary movies. As the modern horror classic's final girl, Sidney naturally makes it through to the end, but not without the help of Deputy Dewey Riley and intrepid reporter Gale Weathers, played by David Arquette and Courtney Cox, respectively. The trio of core cast members has appeared in every Scream film to date, but it turns out the latest installment also features a couple of sneaky cameos from other members of the original cast.
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Speaking to Bloody Disgusting, directors Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett confirmed that Campbell, Cox, and Arquette weren't the only returning cast members from the first movie. Drew Barrymore, who played the ill-fated Casey Becker in Scream's iconic opening scenes, serves as the voice of the main characters' high school principal, though she's only ever heard over a loudspeaker. Similarly, Matthew Lillard, who played Stu Macher, one of the original film's killers alongside Skeet Ulrich's Billy Loomis, lends
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