{"id":5936,"date":"2026-06-17T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/scream-2-star-mocked-for-bitching-about-his-low-residuals-from-1997-film\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:00:00","slug":"scream-2-star-mocked-for-bitching-about-his-low-residuals-from-1997-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/scream-2-star-mocked-for-bitching-about-his-low-residuals-from-1997-film\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Scream 2&#8217; star mocked for &#8216;bitching&#8217; about his low residuals from 1997 film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131333405.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Your favorite scary movie isn\u2019t raking in the residuals. <\/p>\n<p>After \u201cScream 2\u201d star Craig Shoemaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZpjEgepHAW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to Instagram<\/a> to share that he received $34.09 for his part in the 1997 horror movie, fans flocked to the comment section to call him out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you had a bit part in one sequel of a multi-movie franchise a quarter-century ago. Not sure if you rage baiting or legit bitching,\u201d one follower commented beneath the post. <\/p>\n<p>Shoemaker, 61, replied, \u201cHow about none of the above, and the rage inside of you is the only baiting? Lol.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Fans blasted Craig Shoemaker (pictured here in 2023) for teasing on Instagram that he only made \u201c34 bucks\u201d in residuals for his small role in the 1997 horror classic. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>One follower commented beneath the image of the residual check, \u201cSo you had a bit part in one sequel of a multi-movie franchise a quarter-century ago. Not sure if you rage baiting or legit bitching.\u201d (Pictured here: The poster for \u201cScream 2\u201d featuring Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Jerry O\u2019Connell and Jada Pinkett Smith.) <span class=\"credit\">Dimension Films<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBetter than nothing,\u201d another social media user added. \u201cWould a better negotiating change that? Cause you were a day player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s said with humor, and nothing else. If you don\u2019t get it, then move on,\u201d Shoemaker clapped back.<\/p>\n<p>Others found the humor in Shoemaker\u2019s post, with one fan chiming in, \u201cNow now now\u2026don\u2019t get crazy\u2026that\u2019s $34 before taxes taken out. Soooo $25 bucks?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cS\u2013t,\u201d the actor responded. \u201cI didn\u2019t think about that. I\u2019m down to a hotdog and a lemonade now.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Another social media user responded to Shoemaker (pictured here in a scene from the film alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joshua Jackson, Jamie Kennedy and Timothy Olyphant) by writing, \u201cBetter than nothing.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Dimension Films<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor (pictured here in May) clapped back, explaining that the post with made with humor. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for ABA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn 1997 I was cast in the role of the film professor in the sequel of the original Scream movie, Scream 2, where I lead a conversation in class about film sequels,\u201d Shoemaker originally wrote on Tuesday alongside a shot of the letter. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe residuals keep rolling in, baby! What should I buy with my 34 bucks?\u201d he teased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScream\u201d premiered in 1996 and starred Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard and Jamie Kennedy. <\/p>\n<p>The sequel hit theaters a year later in 1997 and followed Sidney Prescott (Campbell) at college.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Campbell, the cast included Arquette, Cox, Kennedy, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O\u2019Connell, Timothy Olyphant, Jada Pinkett Smith and Liev Schreiber.<\/p>\n<p>Shoemaker is listed as having played \u201cArtsy Teacher\u201d in the film, according to IMDb. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cScream 2\u201d (another poster of which is seen above) premiered in 1997, one year after the franchise\u2019s breakout film, and followed Sidney Prescott (Campbell) at college. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Miramax\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Campbell (pictured here with O\u2019Connell, Cox and Liev Schreiber in the movie) stepped away from the film\u2019s sixth movie over a salary dispute. <span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection(6272824EF7F74997_M)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2022, Campbell, 52,\u00a0decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/06\/neve-campbell-rejects-scream-6-offer-over-pay-dispute\/\">walk away from the franchise\u2019s sixth movie<\/a> due to a salary dispute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to \u2018Scream.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The franchise made headlines once again in 2023 after <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/22\/entertainment\/melissa-barrera-addresses-scream-7-firing\/\">Melissa Barrera was fired from \u201cScream 7\u201d<\/a> following a series of comments about the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cAs a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to \u2018Scream,&#8217;\u201d the actress (pictured here in \u201cScream 2\u201d with Cox) said at the time. <span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection(5B1069EF44DF4203_M)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In February, \u201cScream 7\u201d premiered and featured Campbell (pictured here in \u201cScream 2\u201d with Cox) and most of the OG cast. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Miramax\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jenna Ortega, who starred in 2022\u2019s \u201cScream\u201d and 2023\u2019s \u201cScream VI,\u201d with Barrera, 35, revealed she also exited the franchise. <\/p>\n<p>Ulrich, 56, meanwhile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/04\/entertainment\/skeet-ulrich-reveals-melissa-barrera-firing-cost-him-scream-7-role\/\">confirmed to The Post<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0he was supposed to be in \u201cScream 7\u2033 \u2014 despite dying in the first movie \u2014 until Barrera was axed.<\/p>\n<p>The actress played his on-screen daughter in the films.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Along with Campbell (pictured here with Kennedy and O\u2019Connell), Cox, Arquette and Lillard were also back for the seventh installment. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Dimension Films\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kevin Williamson, who created the \u201cScream\u201d franchise, returned to direct the seventh film. (A still from \u201cScream 2\u201d featuring Portia De Rossi, Rebecca Gayheart and Gellar is seen above.) <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Miramax\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, nearly 30 years after the\u00a0iconic slasher franchise first debuted, most of OG cast reunited for \u201cScream 7,\u201d which premiered this past February. <\/p>\n<p>Campbell and Cox made a comeback alongside Lillard, 56, and Arquette, 54 \u2014 despite their character\u2019s being killed off. Metcalf, 71, and Scott Foley also reprised their roles from past films.<\/p>\n<p>The film marked frequent \u201cScream\u201d creator\/writer Kevin Williamson\u2019s first time\u00a0directing, following the 2015 death of\u00a0Wes Craven, who directed the first four films in the franchise. Williamson took over after Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who directed the 2022 and 2023 installments, exited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, it\u2019s been awesome [to return],\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/19\/entertainment\/kevin-williamson-reacts-to-scream-7-turmoil-cast-shakeups\/\">he gushed to The Post<\/a>\u00a0last summer. \u201cI\u2019ve always been on the fringes of the last few \u2018Scream\u2019 movies, as sort of the granddaddy of the franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/entertainment\/scream-2-star-mocked-for-bitching-about-his-low-residuals-from-1997-film\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your favorite scary movie isn\u2019t raking in the residuals. 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