Neve Campbell recently threw light on her decision to leave the Scream franchise that made her famous. In a recent interview with People, the actress doubled down the speculations about walking away from her role as Sidney Prescott due to a salary dispute. While talking about the franchise, the actress said, “I love this franchise. I’m so grateful for it, but at the same time, I really just couldn’t bear the idea of walking onto it and feeling undervalued.”
Previously, Campbell announced in June that she would not be joining the rest of the cast for the sixth instalment of the thriller. And she reiterated that it was solely due to not being paid the amount of money she felt she deserved for her contribution. Neve also emphasized she felt she was lowballed due to gender inequality saying, “I honestly don’t believe that if I were a man and had done five instalments 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.”
Campbell added, “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 June the star announced she wouldn’t be returning for the next blockbuster. “Sadly I won’t be making the next Scream film,” she revealed. “As a woman, I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to Scream. I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise,” she continued.
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Campbell has played protagonist Sidney Prescott in all five of the Scream movies since 1996, having most recently reprised the role in the reboot that was released this year. The sixth instalment in the Scream franchise is scheduled to release on March 31, 2023, with returning cast, Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brow, Mason Gooding and Jenna Ortega. The Scream saga will continue with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings leaving Woodsboro behind and starting a new chapter.