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Neve Campbellisn’t quite done with the horror genre.
TheScreamstar, 48, channeled her inner Sidney Prescott as she appeared in a bloody brilliant campaign for the American Red Cross, urging people to donate blood with a clever nod to horror films.
She finds herself in a familiar scenario in the one-minutecampaign video, starting up the stairs of a creepy old house in the middle of the night before turning back to the camera.
“Why am I running from the killer instead of grabbing something big and sharp? Dumb,” Campbell says before heading in the other direction.
In another shot, she rummages through kitchen drawers looking for a weapon. “So lame. Lots of people need blood, whether they’re fighting cancer or giving birth or say, potentially getting stabbed,” she adds.
TheParty of Fivealum then grabs a baseball bat before hiding out from the killer and dropping some knowledge: “Fifty percent of Americans like watching blood get spilled in horror movies. What’s scary is that only three percent donate it. When was the last time you donated blood?”
Campbell’s new project comes after she announced her “very difficult decision” not to return for the upcoming sixth installment in theScreamfranchise, after starring in the first five films.
“Sadly I won’t be making the nextScreamfilm. As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes toScream,” she said in a statement. “I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.”
Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox inScream(2022).PARAMOUNT PICTURES
After starring inWes Craven’s original 1996 teen slasher, she last returned for the fifth installment, which premiered earlier this year. FromReady or NotdirectorsMatt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, it was the first film in the franchise to not have Craven attached, after he died of a brain tumor in Aug. 2015.
Several of her franchise peers, includingDavid Arquette,Emma Roberts,Matthew Lillard and Jamie Kennedy, have shown their support for her decision.
Fellow legacy starCourteney Coxhas since confirmed her return to the franchise, and shewas spotted on the movie’s Montreal setthis month. She previouslygave an updateto theJust for Varietypodcast in December after getting the script.
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“I haven’t read it yet, I just got it…” she said at the time. “I’m excited to read it, and I know they’re going to start filming… I think, in June, in Canada.”
“I don’t know if I’m supposed to say anything. Let me tell you the killer!” Cox, 58, joked.
Although Cox’s ex-husband and fellow OG costar Arquette, 50, will not be back forScream 6, newcomersMelissa Barrera,Jenna Ortega,Jasmin Savoy Brownand Mason Goodingwill be backafter making their debuts inScream(2022).Hayden Panettiereis alsoreturning to the franchiseafter appearing in 2011’sScream 4.
Find out where to donate blood at the American Red Cross.
source: people.com
