{"id":1087,"date":"2026-05-06T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/melissa-barrera-torches-scream-7-cast-after-firing\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:13:02","slug":"melissa-barrera-torches-scream-7-cast-after-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/melissa-barrera-torches-scream-7-cast-after-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Barrera torches \u2018Scream 7\u2019 cast after firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/melissa-barrera-scream-7-firing.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Melissa Barrera shaded the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/26\/photos\/scream-7-la-premiere-red-carpet-neve-campbell-courteney-cox-david-arquette-and-more\/\">\u201cScream 7\u201d<\/a> cast after she was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/22\/entertainment\/melissa-barrera-addresses-scream-7-firing\/\">fired from the film<\/a> for her support of Palestine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/theater\/actors\/melissa-barrera-canceled-israel-palestine-scream-7-titanique-1236738358\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Variety interviewer<\/a> asked the actress if she thought it was \u201cscabby\u201d that previous cast members from the franchise returned for the latest film after her firing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, one hundred percent. I think they all are,\u201d she said in the interview published Wednesday. \u201cAnd they have to live with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Melissa Barrera (pictured above at NY Fashion Week 2024) told Variety that she was disappointed \u201cScream\u201d franchise cast members returned for \u201cScream 7\u201d after she was fired. <span class=\"credit\">WWD via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Barrera (seen above in a poster for \u201cScream 6\u201d) said that the actors \u2014 which includes Courteney Cox and Neve Campbell \u2014 \u201chave to live\u201d with their decision. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Barrera, 35, added, \u201cThe only way they were able to make that movie after what happened was to nostalgia-bait as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScream 7,\u201d which came out in February, welcomed back multiple franchise vets including Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard and Scott Foley. <\/p>\n<p>The film is the highest-grossing movie in the franchise, earning $215 million globally \u2014 though Barrera doubts that statistic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they lied about the numbers,\u201d she told Variety. \u201cI don\u2019t think it made that much money.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Along with Campbell and Cox (both seen above in \u201cScream 7\u201d), franchise vets David Arquette, Matthew Lillard and Scott Foley were in the movie. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Barrera also claimed that the studio \u201clied\u201d about how much money \u201cScream 7\u201d made (Campbell is seen above in the film). <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barrera was fired from \u201cScream 7\u201d in November 2023 after she posted certain sentiments about <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/20\/news\/israel-hamas-war-latest-news-and-live-updates-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Israel-Hamas war<\/a>, which the\u00a0studio characterized as antisemitic.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, her \u201cScream 5\u201d and \u201cScream 6\u201d co-star Jenna Ortega <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/22\/entertainment\/jenna-ortega-exits-scream-7-over-wednesday-not-melissa-barrera-firing\/\">dropped out of the film<\/a>, which Ortega later said \u201chad nothing to do with pay or scheduling\u201d and \u201cwas all kind of falling apart.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Barrera insinuated that Ortega\u2019s move wasn\u2019t a show of support, telling Variety, \u201cThat\u2019s not the reality of things\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Barrera also doubted that her co-star Jenna Ortega (both seen above in \u201cScream 6\u201d) dropped out of \u201cScream 7\u201d to support her. <span class=\"credit\">Paramount<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThat\u2019s not the reality of things\u2026\u201d Barrera told Variety (Barrera and Ortega are pictured above in \u201cScream 6\u201d) <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barrera explained that while she \u201cgot some messages of support from people in the industry\u201d after her firing, there was \u201cno action\u201d taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had faith. I was like, \u2018Someone\u00a0is going to reach out to me and help me. It\u2019s just a matter of time,\u201d she said, while admitting she went through \u201cten torturous months of uncertainty, and no work, and suffering\u201d after she was axed from the film.<\/p>\n<p>But Barrera said she still feels the love from \u201cScream\u201d fans who come to see her star in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/12\/entertainment\/titanique-review-silly-titanic-celine-dion-spoof-finally-sets-sail-on-broadway\/\">\u201cTitanique\u201d on Broadway.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Barrera (seen above in \u201cScream 5\u201d) was fired from \u201cScream 7\u201d in November 2023 for supporting Palestine during the Israel-Hamas war. <span class=\"credit\">Paramount<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actress (pictured above at the opening night of \u201cTitanique\u201d on Broadway) said she still feels the love from \u201cScream\u201d fans. <span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAt the stage door, I sign \u2018Scream\u2019 things every night,\u201d she shared. \u201cPeople who love me from those movies are coming to see the show, and they can\u2019t ever take that away from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barrera previously <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/melissa-barrera-scream-6-sam-carpenter-arc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Collider<\/a> that she feels she\u2019s \u201cgotten closure\u201d with her exit from the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel good. I did what I set out to do,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt was always meant to be two movies for me, \u2019cause that was my contract, and so everything is perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/entertainment\/melissa-barrera-torches-scream-7-cast-after-firing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Barrera shaded the \u201cScream 7\u201d cast after she was fired from the film for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/melissa-barrera-scream-7-firing.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}