As "Scream" movies go, it all started with a phone call.
But this was a phone call Hayden Panettiere actually wanted.
It wasn't Ghostface on the line, looking for a kill, but rather the man behind the iconic horror villain himself, "Scream" writer-creator Kevin Williamson. He was calling to persuade her to reprise her role in "Scream VI," the filmmaker told People at the movie's world premiere Monday.