Following her public endorsement of Palestine on social media, Melissa Barrera was removed from the Scream 7 cast.
The actress, who was born in Mexico and gained notoriety for her performance in Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights, first appeared in the Scream movie series in 2022. Jenna Ortega played Sam Carpenter, Tara Carpenter’s estranged older sister. Barrera was originally scheduled to return for the upcoming Scream 7, having previously played the same role in the Scream 6 sequel. But on November 21, 2023, Variety revealed that she had been cut from the cast by Spyglass Media Group, the production firm in charge of Scream.
A representative for Spyglass stated in a statement given to Variety in response to Melissa Barrera’s involvement explaining that her firing was not due to her support of Palestine. Rather, they removed her from the project due to worries that her social media posts would be interpreted as antisemitic.
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