Scream 7 director Kevin Williamson has admitted it was “kind of a bummer” when Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera left the movie.
Ortega, 22, and Barrera, 34, had portrayed the Carpenter sisters in 2022’s Scream and Scream VI in 2023, though the latter actress exited the upcoming sequel after Spyglass Media Group dismissed her following her controversial comments about the war in Gaza.