Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox inScream(2022).Photo: Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Courteney Coxmissed working withNeve Campbellon the latestScreamsequel.
The actress returns as Gale WeathersinScream VI, the first film in the franchise to not star Campbell as protagonist Sidney Prescott. Campbell, 49, told PEOPLE last year that her decision not to returnwas “truly” just negotiation-related: “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.”
SpeakingwithVariety, Cox, 58, said of Campbell’s absence, “I missed working with her, but I’m going to support whatever she feels is right.”
Cox, whose ex-husband and longtimeScreamcostarDavid Arquettealso isn’t back for the new installment after his character’s death in last year’s fifth film, also shared excitement aboutHayden Panettierereturning to the franchise after 2011’sScream 4.
Courteney Cox inScream VI(2023).Philippe Bossé/PARAMOUNT PICTURES
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Campbell — who also previously told PEOPLE she might still return toScreamin the future: “Idon’t know that I’m done for good” — added that there was no “bad blood” between her and her cast mates over her decision. “Everyone’s been incredibly supportive,” she said last year.
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After making her decision, Campbell said she “reached out to Courteney andMelissa [Barrera]and the directors to tell them how sorry I was that I wasn’t going to be there, and that I love them and I hope they have a good experience. And they were very understanding, very supportive and also sad.”
Scream VIis in theaters March 10.
source: people.com
