Neve Campbell made the choice not to return for the sixth installment of the Scream franchise due to compensation talks, and Heather Matarazzo is speaking out about it.
“I think that if you are the head of a franchise and you are, in part, what cemented said franchise and you have a film that is making hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars, that the lead actor that played Sidney Prescott, which is the protagonist of all protagonists, should be paid what she’s worth,” Matarazzo, 39, said in the Behind the Velvet Rope podcast on Tuesday. Matarazzo’s comments were made in reference to the fact that she is the protagonist of all
Matarazzo provided an explanation for why something like this happens so often in footage that was subsequently shared by the actress on various social media platforms. She said, “I think there’s this idea that we’ve been lulled into because that’s the way capitalism works in terms of we’ve been conditioned to be okay with crumbs while everyone else gets to eat the full meal and that’s not okay.” “I think there’s this idea that we’ve been lulled into because that’s the way capitalism works in terms of we’ve been conditioned to be okay with crumbs,” she said.
Matarazzo also said that the response to Campbell’s viewpoint would not have been as harsh if it had been a male actor taking the position. She told the broadcaster, David Yontef, “Notice that it’s always women who get condemned for this, and it’s not males.” “Notice that it’s always women that get criticized for this,” “We operate under the pretense that ‘whatever the male gets, he deserves it,’ but the moment a woman asks for parity that is comparable or equal to what men have, she’s an f—-ing issue.”
In his conclusion, Matarazzo said, “it is a double standard, and it is one that I do not adhere to.”
Matarazzo captioned the repost on Twitter with the phrase, “I said what I said,” and added, “Nothing but love for #NeveCampbell.”
Campbell explained her decision to not go on to reprise her role as the last girl Sidney Prescott for Scream 6 as being “really” merely “negotiation related” in an exclusive interview she gave to PEOPLE a month ago. The interview was focused on Campbell’s career. “I did not believe that what I was being offered equaled to the value that I contribute to this brand, and have provided to this franchise for 25 years,” he said. “I did not feel that what I was being offered matched the value that I bring to this business.”
“And as a woman in this field, I think it’s extremely essential for us to be appreciated and to fight to be valued,” stated Campbell, 48. “I believe it’s really important for us to be valued and to fight to be valued.” “I truly do not believe that if I were a man and had done five installments of a huge blockbuster franchise over the course of 25 years, that the number that I was offered would be the number that would be offered to a man,” she said. “I say this because I do not believe that the number that I was offered would be the number that would be offered to a man.”
She continued by saying, “And in my heart, I simply couldn’t do it.” “I couldn’t go on set feeling that—feeling undervalued and experiencing the injustice, or lack of fairness, surrounding it,” she said. “I couldn’t walk on set like that.”
Since the first film in the series, which was directed by Wes Craven and shown in cinemas in December 1996, Campbell has played the role of Sidney in all five of the subsequent films. She had a significant role in each subsequent episode up to the most recent one, which was published in January of this year and was titled Scream.
The actress insisted that she was right “she told that it “was unfortunate” that she would not be returning since “I adore these movies.” I adore Sidney. This series means a lot to me because of how much I like it.”
She made the observation that “yet at the same time, I just simply couldn’t take the notion of getting aboard the sixth film and feeling devalued,”
