While the Core Four may not be fully back in action in Spyglass Media’sScream 7, the Meeks-Martin twins have signed on for another tango with Ghostface. Back in December, word broke thatMason Gooding would be reprising his role as Chad Meeks-Martin, while just last week it was revealed thatJasmin Savoy Brown would be back in actionas the scary movie-savvy Mindy Meeks-Martin. Both characters were introduced in 2022’sScreamas friends of Tara Carpenter’s (Jenna Ortega) and have continued to survive despite two very close brushes with death.
During a recent chat withEntertainment Tonight, which largely focused on Gooding’s upcoming horror movie,Heart Eyes, theAftermathstar opened up about his sibling-like bond with his on-screen twin sister and shared some insight into what it’s been like having the franchise’s final girl (woman, really),Neve Campbell, back in action.
Recalling the journey that he’s taken alongside Brown, as the pair’s on-screen bond spilled over into real life, Gooding said,
“The casting of Jasmin Savoy Brown, as it relates to myself, wasunknowingly basically being granted a sister. I check in with her all the time. I feel like being able to step into a character that has been inundated with so much love, on set and in general, has allowed Jasmin and I to fall into a rhetoric that’s super comfortable for us, whether it’s talking on a scene or decisions made… Ultimately, I owe to her how lovely she is and how encompassing it is.”
Being thrust into a fandomlike the one behindScreamis no easy burden to carry, so it’s good to know that Brown and Gooding have supported each other through it. Especially now that their other two new-ish co-stars,Melissa Barreraand Ortega, will not be returning for the seventh installment.Barrera was unceremoniously let gofrom the title following a handful of pro-Palestinian social media posts, while Ortega backed out after scheduling conflicts with the second season ofWednesday.
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Right now, theScreamfandom is split with feelings of both guilt and excitement. On one hand, Barrera’s firing has driven some to take up umbrage with the production, while on the other, Campbell’s return to her role as Sidney Prescott has audiences excited about what’s to come. Gooding and Campbell worked together on the fifth installment beforepayment discrepancieskept the latter away during 2023’sScream VI. Now, they’re back on set together, and Gooding couldn’t be more excited about it, saying,
“That’s mother right there.I feel like that’s the godmother of the genrethat we are so lucky to appropriate inHeart Eyes, which is the idea of marrying two different tones. Obviously, with the over-encompassing one being more horrific and a more high-octane experience that she still, to this day, has alwayshandled with a level of ease and care and stoicismthat’s made each iteration of her character, and I can say all of her work. I can talk about Neve all day.”
Scream 7is slated for a theatrical arrival on July 11, 2025.
