Kristen Stewart Reveals She Passed On Drew Barrymore-Like Role In Scream 4

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Kristen Stewart reveals that she passed on a Drew Barrymore-like role in Scream 4. In 1996, the Scream franchise started with a now-iconic opening scene that unfolds like a horrific one-act play that sets the tone for the entire series. Home alone, teenager Casey Becker (Barrymore) receives a flirty phone call from a stranger (voiced by Roger L. Jackson) and the two playfully discuss scary movies before the conversation turns sadistic and threatening. Ghostface soon arrives on the scene killing both her boyfriend, Steve, and then Casey, stringing her body up from a tree on display.

Stewart is best known for her role as Bella Swan in the Twilight series, though much like her co-star Robert Pattinson, has continued to distance herself from that persona by eschewing big-budget movies and carefully selecting roles in indie films likeClouds of Sils Maria and Personal Shopper. She is now coming off a banner year in which she portrayed Diana, Princess of Wales, in Pablo Larraín's biographical drama Spencer. The performance resulted in her first Academy Award nomination for Actress in a Leading Role, surprisingly beating out expected nominee Lady Gaga for House of Gucci.

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During an interview with Slant magazine promoting Spencer, Stewart revealed one role that she passed on in recent years – Scream 4 (sometimes referred to as SCRE4M). The role that she was offered was a Barrymore-type character who gets killed in the very beginning, but Stewart felt some pressure living up to Barrymore's memorable performance in Scream's iconic opening scene and didn't want to attempt recreating it. Read what Stewart had to say below:

So it’s the Drew [Barrymore]