Scream 6 Co-Directors Reveal If Stu Macher Is Actually Alive After Movie Reference

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Scream 6 is out in the world, featuring the latest in a long line of Ghostface killers slicing and dicing their way through New York City. Still, though, there are plenty of ties back to the original film, including a line of dialogue that suggests Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) somehow survived the climax of the original film and is secretly out there somewhere, living.

Warning: the following contains light spoilers from Scream 6. If you haven't watched yet and want to remain unspoiled, stop reading now.

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Midway through the movie, Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown), the equally geeky niece of Randy (Jamie Kennedy) from the first two Scream films, mentions a long-time real-life fan theory that Stu actually survived being killed by Sidney (Neve Campbell) in the first film and is now living somewhere in hiding.

This is a theory fans of the franchise have had since Scream 2, in which Lillard very briefly appeared in a cameo role. He was not referenced, and there's nothing confirming that character was Stu. However, the plot thickens a bit as, according to Lillard, he was actually supposed to return for Scream 3. «I got paid for 3,» the actor previously told Vulture. «Not really well, but I ended up getting paid for something I didn't do because the idea was that I'd be running high-school killers from jail.»

Of course, the plot of Scream 3 was ultimately changed, and the location was moved to Hollywood. Based on Mindy's comment in Scream 6, though, are the creative team