Is Matthew Lillard's Stu In Scream 2022? | Screen Rant
Matthew Lillard’s iconic comic relief/surprise villain Stu was a highlight of the original Scream, leading many fans to wonder whether he will appear in 2022’s reboot. It has been over twenty-five years since 1996's original meta-slasher Scream arrived in cinemas, and the franchise is soon to return to the big screen for the first time in over a decade. 2022’s Scream reboot will be the first movie in the series since Wes Craven’s final movie, 2011’s Scream 4.
Although the fact that the Scream movies are violent slashers with high body counts — which generally precludes characters from returning in subsequent franchise installments — some fans of the franchise are still hoping against hope that the few survivors left over from earlier outings will return in the highly-anticipated fifth movie. Already Dewey, Gale, and Sidney are returning for the reboot, and a vocal contingent of the Scream franchise’s fanbase have petitioned for Scream 4’s not-technically-dead Kirby to put in an appearance. However, there is one famous face whose potential presence in 2022’s Scream reboot is the biggest cause for fan excitement.
Matthew Lillard’s Stu Macher could return in Scream 2022, although it is still unclear whether he will appear in the movie. The actor himself said that the character survived, and a deleted Scream 3 scene confirmed as much. Stu can therefore return in Scream 2022 and the fact that his house appears in the trailer appears to bode well for fans who hope to see more of the disarmingly charming, goofy villain. According to some fan theories, Stu could potentially be the new reboot’s killer, but it is equally likely (knowing the twisty, expectations-subverting style of the Scream series) that he could cameo as a red herring, a victim of the new killer, or both. Few twists would be as surprising as having the actor put in an appearance only for him to be killed off, and few figures from Sidney’s past could leave the final girl as shook as the original movie’s surviving killer.
That said, viewers may not want to get their hopes up too much. The killer in Scream’s 2022 reboot could well be one of the movie’s new characters and, if the franchise wants to survive, the new movie will likely need to focus on these new arrivals as much as the returning characters. As a result, focusing on a familiar face like Stu (who has not appeared in the Scream franchise since the original movie) could be antithetical to making the reboot a fresh start for the franchise.
That said, Stu has been a firm fan-favorite since Scream was first released and few new characters could engender the same excitement in fans as his return. For his part, Lillard has been tight-lipped about any involvement in the new Scream reboot and has not hinted at a role in the movie for his character. However, as Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire can attest, this is not proof that Stu won’t make a triumphant return to the franchise despite his actor’s silence on the matter. Ultimately, the question of whether Stu appears in 2022’s Scream reboot will remain unknown until the movie’s release, although many fans are at least certain on the answer they are hoping for.
Source: Screenrant
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