Actress, who played the protagonist Sam Carpenter, was removed from the franchise for pro-Palestinian comments
Melissa Barrera was fired from Scream 7 for “incitement to hatred”, said the Spyglass Media Groupproducer of the new feature film in the franchise created by Wes Craven. In a statement to Varietythe company explained that the actress’s publications about the conflict between Israel and Palestine were decisive in the decision:
“Spyglass’ position is unequivocally clear: we have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism or hate speech in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, distortion of the Holocaust, or anything that blatantly crosses the line into hate speech.”declared the producer.
According to the portal One Take Newsthe actress, who played Sam Carpenterdaughter of Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) and current final girl from the franchise, she was fired for using her social media to show support for Palestine in the midst of the conflict.
“I come from a colonized country”wrote the actress, adding the emoji of a Mexican flag, in reference to his home country. “Palestine will be free! They tried to bury us, [mas] Little did they know we were seeds”continued Barrera.
“Gaza is currently being treated like a concentration camp”he said in another publication. “Trapping everyone together, with nowhere to go, no electricity, no water… People haven’t learned anything from our history. And just like our stories, people still silently watch everything happen. THIS IS GENOCIDE AND CLEANING ETHNIC”finished Barrera.
On your social networks, Christopher Landoncast to direct Scream 7commented on the actress’s dismissal from the franchise:“This is my statement: 💔. Everything sucks. Stop yelling. That wasn’t my decision.”he wrote on X. However, some time later, the filmmaker deleted the publication and spoke no more about the subject.
There is still little information about the seventh film of Panicbut Melissa Barrera was one of the names confirmed to return in the new chapter of the story, as well as Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown It is Mason Goodingwho form the main quartet of survivors of the new generation.
Source: Rollingstone
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