{"id":225887,"date":"2026-03-01T23:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/matthew-lillard-reveals-big-scream-regret\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:01:34","slug":"matthew-lillard-reveals-big-scream-regret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/matthew-lillard-reveals-big-scream-regret\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Lillard reveals big Scream regret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-03-01\" datetime=\"1772406094\" pubdate=\"\">1 March 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Matthew Lillard wants to go &#8220;back in time&#8221; to take a Ghostface mask from the set of Scream.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Matthew Lillard played Stu Macher &#8211; a Ghostface killer &#8211; in Scream<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old actor played one of the original killers &#8211; Stu Macher &#8211; in the 1996 film that kicked off the hit slasher franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew told People: &#8220;I wish I had one of the original masks. If I could go back in time, I&#8217;d steal the s*** out of that thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The star &#8211; who was cast as one of the Ghostface killers in Scream 1, alongside Skeet Ulrich (Billy Loomis) &#8211; then admitted he did not take any original props because Matthew was adamant about not taking things that are not his.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;No, nothing. I wasn&#8217;t really the era of collectables like it is now. I feel like people always want to know what you&#8217;ve taken and you&#8217;re not supposed to take, and I&#8217;m a pretty adamant rule follower, so I didn&#8217;t take anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, when it came to playing Shaggy in the 2002 live-action Scooby-Doo movie, Matthew received a framed picture of the Luna Ghost, as well as a mini replica of the skull from Spooky Island, as &#8220;gifts from the production&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, Matthew has returned to the Scream franchise for the seventh movie, in which he has a cameo role &#8211; despite his alter ego, Stu, being killed off when Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) dropped a TV on his head in the original motion picture.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd he spent 20 years &#8220;petitioning and campaigning&#8221; for a comeback to the slasher series.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn February, Matthew told Nerdist: &#8220;It was amazing! I&#8217;ve been waiting. I&#8217;d sort of been petitioning and campaigning for that call for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;At some point, I was originally supposed to be the killer in Scream 3, so I was like, &#8216;Well, come on. He&#8217;s alive. I mean, we&#8217;ve validated the fact that he&#8217;s alive. He&#8217;s going to be in three, so he can still be alive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;So that was super fun &#8230; I think the fans are going to love the movie. I think it really hearkens back to what the original was. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;And for me, getting a chance to come back and play in this world after all these years is really lovely, and I&#8217;m excited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/matthew-lillard-reveals-big-scream-regret-1438427.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 March 2026 Matthew Lillard wants to go &#8220;back in time&#8221; to take a Ghostface mask from the set of Scream. 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