"Barrera inevitably gets into the Ghostface in the room, though, talking about the despair she felt after abruptly going from rising star to persona non grata after her criticisms of Israel's reactions to the attacks were conflated with 'hate speech.' She notes that director Boots Riley was the first major filmmaker to reach out to her after her sojourn in the wilderness, offering her a part in his upcoming film."
"As to Scream 7 itself, Barrera didn't mince words: When interviewer Marlow Stern asserts 'the seventh one sucked,' Barrera happily agreed, while also going so far as to suggest Paramount might have been cooking the books a bit: 'I know. And I think they lied about the numbers. I don't think it made that much.'"
Melissa Barrera was dismissed from Scream 7 shortly before production began, with Spyglass Media Group citing antisemitism related to her pro-Palestine statements following October 7, 2023. Her departure triggered a domino effect: co-star Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon also exited. Paramount responded by reviving the franchise through nostalgia, bringing back original screenwriter Kevin Williamson to direct and meeting Neve Campbell's salary demands. The resulting film reportedly earned over $200 million at the box office. However, in a recent Variety interview, Barrera expressed skepticism about these financial claims and agreed the seventh installment was poor quality, suggesting Paramount may have misrepresented the numbers.
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