SCREAM Star Matthew Lillard Would Return As Stu Macher - Though He Feels The Last Movie Was "Too Violent"

SCREAM Star Matthew Lillard Would Return As Stu Macher - Though He Feels The Last Movie Was "Too Violent"

Matthew Lillard has revealed that he would be interested in returning as original Ghostface Stu Macher in the next Scream movie, despite his reservations about the franchise becoming "too violent."

By MarkCassidy - Nov 06, 2024 12:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Scream
Source: Via FearHQ

Matthew Lillard played one of the original Ghostfaces, Stu Macher, alongside Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) in Wes Craven's Scream, and despite the character seemingly meeting a violent end, fans continue to speculate and theorize that the deranged killer could return in the upcoming Scream 7.

Stu appeared to be pretty definitively killed off during the climax of the movie, but we have seen plenty of people survive what should be fatal wounds in the franchise, so who knows?

For his part, Lillard has said that he believes Stu is still alive, and would be happy to reprise the role if that was something fans wanted to see.

“Stu is definitely alive, right? My character Stu is definitely alive. I would love it. If it made sense for the franchise. If Kevin [Williamson] liked it. Then sure. Obviously.”

Williamson is set to helm the next movie in the long-running horror franchise, but it remains to be seen if Lillard will be back. In a more recent interview with Games Radar, the actor praised the later films, but feels the last one - Scream VI - was "too violent."

“I think it’s in a good place. I think that [the franchise being] back in the hands of Kevin Williamson is great. I love what [Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin] were doing before. Nothing against them. In fact, I thought they were taking a really exciting way.”

“I thought the movie got too violent," he added. "I think 6 was, like… I don’t think Ghostface ever needs a shotgun. I think that the movies are – everything is trying to repeat what we did in the first movie in a lot of ways. Like, a maniacal monologue at the end. It’s really hard to do. I hope that Kevin takes it in a brand new, brave, and exciting direction so that we can sort of find different colors and different joys.” 

Since the first Scream movie is arguably still the most brutally violent (remember that opening sequence with Drew Barrymore?) of the franchise, Lillard's comments have raised a few eyebrows - though some fans are also of the opinion that Ghostface should stick to knives as his/her weapons of choice.

After sitting out the last movie, Neve Campbell recently announced that she will return as Sidney Prescott for the upcoming seventh instalment.

“Sidney Prescott is coming back!” Campbell posted on Instagram when her return was made official. “It’s always been such a blast and an honor to get to play Sidney in the Scream movies. My appreciation for these films and for what they have meant to me, has never waned. I’m very happy and proud to say I’ve been asked, in the most respectful way, to bring Sidney back to the screen and I couldn’t be more thrilled.”

"Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter," reads Scream VI's synopsis. "In Scream VI, Melissa Barrera ("Sam Carpenter"), Jasmin Savoy Brown ("Mindy Meeks-Martin"), Mason Gooding ("Chad Meeks-Martin"), Jenna Ortega ("Tara Carpenter"), Hayden Panettiere ("Kirby Reed"), and Courtney Cox ("Gale Weathers") return to their roles in the franchise alongside Jack Champion, Henry Czerny, Liana Liberato, Dermot Mulroney, Devyn Nekoda, Tony Revolori, Josh Segarra and Samara Weaving."

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SATW42
SATW42 - 11/6/2024, 12:37 PM
I'm glad the article mentioned it because even though I didn't see 6, the original is probably the most violent to my memory.

I mean, the way the body was displayed of the boyfriend in the beginning. The garage door kill? Stu and Billy stabbing each repeatedly in the kitchen?
TrentCrimm
TrentCrimm - 11/6/2024, 2:02 PM
@SATW42 -

Scream 6 is a lot more graphic with the way it depicts the deaths, in terms of the on screen gore.

The original had a lot of violence, but Scream 6 is very modern when it comes to being graphic with the kills and bodies, that's the best way I can describe it without being too spoilery.
whoknows
whoknows - 11/7/2024, 1:53 AM
@SATW42 - that garage door kill had me side eyeing garages for a while as a kid. I definitely watched those movies too young lol. I haven’t seen them all, but I saw the last last one. I think if he does come back, they could try twist of the story where maybe instead of two it’s a group of 3 or 4 killers but stu is a 5th killer who is killing the ghost face murderers. Maybe you have one of the younger killers kill someone and then Stu kills them, so they re laying right there next to their victim. And we were are following the killers closely so we kinda know who they are but have no clue who is picking them off. And maybe they redo a Ghostface with a shot gun so that Stu kills him and has a badass line that shows he’s against shotguns and is more of a purist. There’s potential there.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 11/6/2024, 12:37 PM
Sure thing chief
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Knowherefast
Knowherefast - 11/6/2024, 12:38 PM
"Too violent" was a poor choice of words. He meant "gun happy" and I have to agree. Ghostface with shotgun is like seeing Leatherface with a flamethrower, it's just off-putting trailer bait
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/7/2024, 1:09 PM
@Knowherefast - ghost face had shotgun must have saw wrong sequel
Spoken
Spoken - 11/6/2024, 12:44 PM
Did he forget that the Scream movie he is in has a ton of violence and gore or........?

Unpopular opinion though but I actually really liked that scene with Ghostface with a shotgun.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 11/6/2024, 12:59 PM
I dont know about too violent but I do think in a slasher movie giving them a gun is a bit much. I don’t have an issue with a movie dealing with a gun based killer but for a series like Scream, Halloween, or Friday the 13th I’d rather see more creative and limiting methods of killing it feels more visceral imo
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 11/6/2024, 1:10 PM
He doesn’t like the way of the gun.
Do you want to know why he prefers knives? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the... little emotions. You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are.

He prefers the slow eye contact death of a good knife fight.
Deadinside
Deadinside - 11/7/2024, 11:48 AM
@JustAWaffle -
😉 Don't we all...? ☮️😁
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 11/7/2024, 3:22 PM
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Shasvre
Shasvre - 11/6/2024, 1:11 PM
I'm not sure why everyone is so upset about the shotgun. The previous killers used guns as well. Billy shot Randy. Both Mickey and Ms. Loomis used guns, as did Roman in Scream 3 and Amber in Scream (2022).
SATW42
SATW42 - 11/6/2024, 3:08 PM
@Shasvre - I think it's because the other killers only used guns when they were unmasked and ghostface never did
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 11/6/2024, 4:14 PM
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"Too violent"?

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cadunovaes01
cadunovaes01 - 11/6/2024, 4:31 PM
Scream is a very rare case in the movie history: all movies are good (some are better than others, but all good )
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 11/6/2024, 5:33 PM
I didn’t have an issue with it he violence, but seeing Ghostface with a shotgun felt absolutely wrong.
tBHzHomer
tBHzHomer - 11/6/2024, 6:05 PM
My idea.

Stu has gotten out of the secret psych ward he was being held in. He goes public playing up the "I've been cured" rhetoric. Secretly, however, he has amassed a cult of devoted Ghost Face followers. They start a killing spree that ties back to the original movie. The cult targets Sidney's family. Eventually, Sidney finally gets killed. The Ghost Face who kills her is monologuing while standing over her. The monologue ends with Ghost Face saying "after all, I always did have a thing for you, Sid." While delivering that line, he removes his mask and his voice shifts from ghost face to Stu. Then he stabs her. This would also be where the reveal of Stu not being cured comes in.
abd00bie
abd00bie - 11/6/2024, 8:59 PM
The last movie had the characters get stabbed like 20 times and walk it off at the end of the movie lol
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 11/6/2024, 11:15 PM
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