Scream 4: Why Is Kirby Such A Popular Character?

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When Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere) is introduced in Scream 4, fans love her right away. Kirby is totally her own person and while she's interested in Sidney Prescott's (Neve Campbell) story, Kirby just wants to live her own life and be happy and ignore any gossip in the town of Woodsboro.

By the end of Scream 4, Kirby's fate isn't clear, and fans want more than anything to know that Kirby is alive and safe and sound. While Kirby isn't a character in Scream (2022), she will go down in Scream history as one of the coolest characters, and there are many reasons why audiences are so taken with her.

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Kirby Reed is a great character from the very first time that audiences see her on screen. Kirby is driving fast and when she passes Dewey Riley (David Arquette), she apologizes to him, knowing that she isn't going to slow down for anyone. Kirby loves her best friends Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts) and Olivia Morris (Marielle Jaffe) and fans learn right away that Charlie Walker (Rory Culkin) has been in love with her for years. Kirby likes horror movies and is a funny and intelligent character.

It's interesting that while Kirby only appears in one Scream movie, fans love her so much that there has been a lot of discussion about whether she would ever return to the franchise. In a shocking moment, Charlie stabs Kirby, which is intense since audiences were tricked into thinking that he really cared about her. No one is sure if this means that Kirby is dead or alive, and when compared to the deaths in the Scream franchise, this is a sad one. There's often a tricky balance between surprising audiences and not killing off favorite characters because that can really disappoint fans,