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Carly Levy

‘I've Got To Work On My Abs.' Why Matthew Lillard Really Wants To Do A Gay Rom-Com With Tom Cruise

Matthew Lillard and Tom Cruise in a side-by-side photo.

The ‘90s and ‘00s may have served Matthew Lillard well in movies like Scream, She’s All That, and the Scooby-Doo movies. But he’s been knocking it out of the park with his recent roles, like being in the cast of Five Nights at Freddy’s and its sequel, and bringing Stu back from the dead for the seventh Scream movie. In terms of what Lillard is gunning for in his next role, he proposes a gay rom-com with Tom Cruise and feels he’s “got to work on my abs” for it.

Lillard’s well-known roles have shown he could freak us out and make us laugh. But the American actor told US Magazine about a new genre he’d like to venture into for his next role:

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