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WARNING: This post contains spoilers forScream VI, now playing in theaters everywhere.
Neve Campbellhas been candid about not returning forScream VI, but how does the slasher sequel explain her absence?
Campbell, who played protagonist Sidney Prescott acrossScream’s first five movies, announced in June that she made the “very difficult decision” to not return for the sixth. The actress, 49, said at the time that she “felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise” over more than two decades.
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Courteney Cox inScream VI(2023).Philippe Bossé/PARAMOUNT PICTURES
As for Sidney, the character does not travel to New York City inScream VIto assist the franchise’s new “Core Four” with the latest murders. During the film, reporter Gale Weathers (returning starCourteney Cox) explains that Sidney instead chose to take her family to a safe location, leaving her off-screen for the movie’s events. Gale explains to Tara and Sam that Sidney “deserves a happy ending.”
Much has been made of the character — and Campbell’s — absence from the new movie, as costarSkeet Ulrichtold PEOPLE atScream VI’s New York City premiere: “There were just business things as a businesswoman that are important to her, and we all stand behind her.”
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Campbell, however, has left the door open for someday returning to the franchise.
“I don’t know that I’m done for good,” the actress told PEOPLE in August ofany potential for a return. “It would really depend on what they came to me with next. It would have to be different. It would have to be a different attitude, and I’m not sure that’s going to happen.”
“If they came to me with a number that felt right, that felt respectful, that felt in keeping with my value that I brought to the franchise, I’d be willing to consider [returning in the future],” she added at the time.
Scream VIis in theaters now.
source: people.com
