We never expected to see characters like Kirby Reed and Billy Loomis make their return to the Scream franchise, but both Scream 2022 and Scream VI have proven that nothing is ever off the table when it comes to this particular slasher saga. Billy appeared in both films in visions experienced by his daughter, while Scream VI literally brought Kirby back to life.
So who’s next? Well, Drew Barrymore recently joked that Casey Becker could theoretically still be alive out there somewhere (not a chance, we say), and now Parker Posey is expressing similar sentiments about her character from Scream 3. Posey memorably played Jennifer Jolie in Craven’s third movie, the actress playing Gale Weathers in the Stab movies.
As Jenn Adams wrote here on Bloody Disgusting back in March, “The flaky actress stars as Gale Weathers in the parody films and forms a hilarious partnership with her real-life counterpart when her co-stars begin to die. Jennifer serves as an encapsulation of the film itself. Sure she’s a little bit silly, but you just can’t help but love her.”
Jennifer Jolie was killed in Scream 3, but Posey isn’t letting that kill her dreams of returning to the franchise. In fact, Posey actually pitched her return to filmmakers Radio Silence!
She explains to ComicBook.com this week, “Well, I did an interview for WNYC Radio, like three weeks ago, for the play I was doing. And they said, ‘Well, there’s some people here that want to say hi.’ And it was the ‘Scream’ team. And I actually pitched, ‘Can I just be in another dimension and come back? And continue to…’ I hope so. I would love to do that.”
Posey continues, “That was really fun. I can’t believe Wes Craven let me get away with some of the silly stuff I was doing. I loved him, and that was fun.”
Another actor who’d love to make his return to the Scream franchise? Matthew Lillard, who buys into the theory that Stu Macher survived his injuries in the original classic.
Never… say… never…
