The new 'Scream 6' trailer is reminding fans that Neve Campbell won't be returning as Sidney Prescott. Here's why she turned down the film.
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Ayomikun Adekaiyero
Jan 20, 2023, 00:22 IST
Neve Campbell in 2022's "Scream."Paramount
Neve Campbell starred in the first five "Scream" movies, but won't be returning for the new film.
The actor told People she turned down her role in "Scream 6" because she felt "undervalued."
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The trailer for "Scream 6" was released on Thursday, but the franchise's longtime star Neve Campbell won't be reprising her role as Sidney Prescott in the new film.
Despite appearing in "Scream 5," which premiered in 2022, Campbell revealed in August 2022 that she turned down a role in "Scream 6" after "feeling undervalued" in relation to her salary.
"I did not feel that what I was being offered equated to the value that I bring to this franchise, and have brought to this franchise, for 25 years," the "Scream" actress said. "And as a woman in this business, I think it's really important for us to be valued and to fight to be valued."
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Campbell continued: "I honestly don't believe that if I were a man and had done five installments of a huge blockbuster franchise over 25 years, that the number that I was offered would be the number that would be offered to a man. And in my soul, I just couldn't do that. I couldn't walk on set feeling that — feeling undervalued and feeling the unfairness, or lack of fairness, around that."
In her statement to Deadline in June, Campbell praised her fans for being supportive of her.
"It's been a very difficult decision to move on," the 48-year-old actress said. "To all my 'Scream' fans, I love you. You've always been so incredibly supportive to me. I'm forever grateful to you and to what this franchise has given me over the past 25 years."
"Scream 6" is set to premiere on March 10, 2023, and will bring back Hayden Panettiere, who starred in "Scream 4" as Kirby Reed, as well as the stars of the fifth installment in the franchise: Jenna Ortega, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Mason Gooding.
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