Exclusive: Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown talk Scream and remembering how Black characters die in horror films
Coming to theaters on Jan. 14 from Paramount Pictures is Scream, the fifth installment in the Scream franchise, co-directed by Ready or Not filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a screenplay co-written by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) and Guy Busick (Ready or Not).
Neve Campbell (“Sidney Prescott”), Courteney Cox (“Gale Weathers”) and David Arquette (“Dewey Riley”) return to their iconic roles in Scream alongside Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Sonia Ammar.
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
The first film, released in 1996, was a surprise smash upon its debut, helping to revive the horror genre for the decade and becoming the highest-grossing slasher movie of all-time.
Jasmin Savoy Brown plays Mindy Meeks-Martin, the franchise's first queer character, and Mason Gooding plays her brother Chad Meeks-Martin. They are niece and nephew of Randy Meeks, that was played by Jamie Kennedy in Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3.
Blackfllmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales caught up with Gooding and Brown as they talked about being in Scream and always remembering how Black characters have died in horror and slasher films.
