Jenna Ortega Thinks Fans Won’t Notice Neve Campbell’s Absence In ‘Scream 6’

Neve Campbell‘s Sidney Prescott will not beryllium a part of Scream 6 after Neve, 49, exited the franchise implicit failed wage negotiations. However, Jenna Ortega will instrumentality for the sixth introduction into the long-running fearfulness franchise, and she told Entertainment Tonight that Scream fans volition inactive bask the film, contempt Neve’s absence. “I consciousness similar I can’t truly talk excessively overmuch connected that conscionable due to the fact that it’s not needfully my character,” she shared. “But I volition accidental there’s truthful overmuch going connected successful this adjacent one, that it’s truthful action-heavy and truthful gore-heavy that I deliberation you’re gonna beryllium distracted almost.”

“But it’s precise clear, like, there’s references to Sidney, of course,” said Jenna, 20, who joined the franchise successful 2022’s Scream, portraying Tara Carpenter.” You know, it’s bully due to the fact that there’s inactive a protectiveness successful the publication and that’s thing that the actors had people implicit her due to the fact that evidently we respect [Neve] and we privation the champion for her. She’s missed and thought of.”

Neve Campbell successful Scream (Everett Collection)

Scream 6 follows Friday The 13th Part VIII’s footsteps, taking the enactment from Woodsboro, California, to New York City. Hayden Panettiere, who played Kirby Reed successful the 4th film, volition return, on with Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Melissa Barrera. “Hayden is simply a sweetheart and that team, I’m truly fortunate that the directors Matt [Bettinelli-Olpin] and Tyler [Gillett] and Melissa [Barrera] and Jasmin [Savoy Brown] and Mason [Gooding], we each person truthful overmuch emotion and respect for each other,” she told Entertainment Tonight.

“They’re similar household to me, truthful erstwhile you’re connected a occupation similar that, they’re the astir amusive sets that I’m on. It’s moving with your friends. It’s the champion imaginable scenario,” she added.

Jenna Ortega successful Scream (Everett Collection)

Neve announced successful June that she wouldn’t instrumentality to the bid she helped popularize. “As a woman, I person had to enactment highly hard successful my vocation to found my value, particularly erstwhile it comes to Scream. I felt the connection that was presented to maine did not equate to the worth I person brought to the franchise,” she said successful a statement. Neve was portion of the archetypal Scream in 1996 and took portion successful 4 sequels – Scream 2, Scream 3, Scream 4, and 2022’s Scream.

“It’s been a precise hard determination to determination on. To each my Scream fans, I emotion you. You’ve ever been truthful incredibly supportive to me. I’m everlastingly grateful to you and to what this franchise has fixed maine implicit the past 25 years,” Neve said.