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Matthew Lillard says he expected the original Scream to flop
Matthew Lillard says he did not expect the original Scream to succeed when he was filming it.
At a New York Comic Con panel, he recalled thinking the movie was lame and that nobody would see it.
He was considering a move into television while co-stars Courteney Cox and Neve Campbell returned to their TV shows.
The television pilot Lillard had worked on never went ahead.
Scream was released in 1996 and became the start of a seven-film franchise.
Lillard played Stu Macher, one of the original Ghostface killers.
The latest Scream film was released earlier this year.
Lillard said that, 30 years later, nobody could have imagined how far the franchise would go.
Matthew Lillard said he thought the original Scream was lame and expected few people to see it.
He recalled making the prediction while driving home from work covered in blood.
Lillard said he expected to become a television star after appearing in a pilot.
The first Scream film was released in 1996 and launched a seven-film franchise.
Lillard played Ghostface killer Stuart “Stu” Macher in the original film.
- Who
- Matthew Lillard, who played Stuart “Stu” Macher in the original Scream.
- What
- He said he thought the film was lame and that nobody would see it.
- When
- He recalled making the prediction while filming the original movie; the exact date was not stated.
- Where
- He shared the story during a panel at New York Comic Con.
- Why
- He had just appeared in a television pilot and expected to become a television star.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
This movie’s lame. Nobody’s gonna see it. I’m going to go become a television star,
that pilot never went, and here we are 30 years later
nobody could have possibly ever imagined
The first Scream film was released.
Lillard recalled thinking during filming that Scream was lame and nobody would see it.
The latest installment in the seven-film Scream franchise was released.
- Original film release
- 1996
- Franchise length
- Seven films
- Lillard’s character
- Stuart “Stu” Macher
- Lillard’s recalled setting
- In the back of a car, driving home from work
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