Sarah Michelle Gellardoesn’t want to miss out on a scary good time. While recently chatting with Entertainment Tonight, the iconic actress voiced her upset about not being “wanted” for the highly-anticipatedScream 7. “I tried to get inScream– nobody wanted me,” the actress said, adding, “They were bringing everybody back, I kept thinking I would get a call. I didn’t get a call.” Fans will remember theBuffy the Vampire Slayeralum dipped into the slasher franchise in its second installment, 1997’sScream 2, as sorority girl Cici Cooper.
Although she didn’t last long in the storyline, after being killed off by Ghostface shortly into the film, Gellar says the upcoming seventh feature would’ve been the perfect time for her to make a comeback. Pointing out that Cici’s should-have-been return wouldn’t be anything like herrumored reprisal as Helen ShiversinJennifer Kaytin Robinson’sI Know What You Did Last Summer, Gellar explained,
“There’s a lot of people that died in all the Scream movies that are back. Skeet [Ulrich], [Matthew] Lillard – I’m just saying I’m waiting for my call.”
We’d like to take this moment to kindly askScream 7’s director,Kevin Williamson,to please,pleasepick up the phone and make it happen. Gellar’s right – if you canbring back a slew of the franchise’s deceased killers, the least you can do is give good time girl Cici some more screen time.
Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Feature-Length Takeover
Although Gellar’s name is synonymous with TV seriesBuffy the Vampire Slayer, there was a solid decade that saw the actress churning out hit after hit of feature-length productions. In addition to clearing scream queen status withI Know What You Did Last SummerandScream 2, the actress will forever go down in teen movie history for her role alongsideSelma Blair,Ryan Phillippe, andReese WitherspooninCruel Intentions.
The turn of the millennium saw her appear opposite her hubby and fellow actor,Freddie Prinze Jr.in the live-actionScooby-Doofilms, and return to horror thanks toTakashi Shimizu’s English-language remake ofThe Grudge. After a lengthy hiatus from the industry, Gellar is snapping back into action in a slew of productions likeDexter: Original Sin,Ready or Not: Here I Come, and thehighly-anticipatedBuffy the Vampire Slayersequel series.
Though she might not be part ofScream 7, the movie, which marks the return of other favorites likeNeve CampbellandCourteney Cox, arrives in cinemas on June 26, 2025. You can check out Gellar’s full interview in the video above.
