Neve Campbell spoke about the possibility of returning to the Scream saga

Plans for a seventh film in the franchise are currently in flux following the director’s departure Christopher Landon and the protagonists Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega. Campbell, who starred in several of her films as slasher heroine Sidney Prescott, told The Hollywood Reporter that she is well aware of all the controversy surrounding the empire. scream now.

“I know things are circling right now, and I imagine they’re circling from the top trying to figure out what they’re going to do,” she said at the BAFTA Tea Party in Beverly Hills this weekend. Commenting on his own place in the franchise, he added: “I wouldn’t be surprised to get a call.”.

That said, Campbell didn’t hesitate to reference his much-publicized exit from Scream VI, which marked the first time in the franchise’s history that he skipped a movie. Campbell maintains that the root of the problem was a salary dispute.

“I made a strong statement a few years ago,” he said. “I mean, I didn’t think the way I was treated would have happened if I had been a man and that he deserved anything certain for running this franchise for so long.”

Campbell also spoke to IndieWire about his hopes for the future of the franchise on the BAFTA Tea Party red carpet. “It’s sad to me that they’re struggling right now,” she told the outlet. “I guess I imagine people want to do the right thing. I would wait. I love this franchise. I love it by Wes [Craven]. I love it for everyone who’s been involved and even the newer cast. “I hope it doesn’t fall apart.”

The actress reiterated that she is certainly open to joining the franchise, if her expectations are met. When she was asked if she would reprise the role, she said: “Given the right circumstances? Yeah.” But he went on to say his stance on the pay dispute remains unchanged.

“As a woman, I have had to work very hard in my career to establish my worth, especially when it comes to Scream,” Campbell said in a statement after her departure. “I felt that the offer they presented me was not equal to the value I have brought to the franchise.”

The future of the Scream franchise is still unknown.

The departures of Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega and the director of Scream

Barrera, who took on the lead role in the fifth and sixth installments of the franchise, was fired from the film in November after posting a series of messages on social media expressing his support for the Palestinian cause, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. and Israel and criticizing Israeli policy. actions in the midst of the war between Israel and Hamas.

A day later, it emerged that Ortega, who played Barrera’s on-screen younger sister, had also left the project due to a scheduling conflict, he said. Then, in late December, the sequel’s director, Happy Death Day filmmaker Christopher Landon, announced that he too had cut ties with the project.

“It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare,” Landon wrote in a statement on social media. “I have nothing more to add to the conversation other than that I hope Wes’s legacy thrives and rises above the noise of a divided world.”