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Neve Campbell On 'Scream 7' Return: Grateful To Be Able To Step Into Sidney's Shoes Again

Actor Neve Campbell says she is grateful to reprise the role of Sidney Prescott in 🐎the seventh ♔installment of the horror mystery film franchise "Scream", after skipping starring in its 2023 chapter.

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Actor Neve Campbell says she is grateful to reprise the role of Sidney Prescott in the seventh installment of the horror mystery film franchise "Screa🐼m", after skipping starring in itওs 2023 chapter.

Campbell was part of the first five films but walked out of the sixth cha😼pter over a salary dispute.

While the 50-year-old said she was "sad" to not be part of last year's "Scream 6", she is looking forꦺward to featuring in the upcoming movie.

"I was really grateful that they came back to me in a respectful way. I think that means a lot to women and to society. I'm grateful to be able to step into Sidney's shoes again and tell her 🍨story," C𒐪ampbell told People magazine.

"Those movies have been such a big 🏅part of my life and it m💞eans so much to me, and I was sad to miss the last one, to not be a part of it. I meet a lot of fans who say her strength has helped them get through tough times, and it means more than I could ever have imagined to some people," she added.

The actor announced her 💦return 🃏in March in an Instagram post, which read: "Hi All. I’m so excited to announce this news!!! Sidney Prescott is coming back!!!!"

The first "Scream" movie released in 1996 with Campbell as Sidney, the target of the Ghostface killer, whose look was inspired by Edvardꦇ Munch's painting 'The Scream'.

The sequels w⭕ere released in 1997, 200꧙0, 2011, 2022 and the last one in 2023.

Kevin Williamson will direct "Scream 7" from a script by Guy Busick.

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