The return of Hayden Panettiere's character in 'Scream VI' started with a phone call from the horror franchise's writer-creator, Kevin Williamson.
“I actually called them ... when they were doing ‘Scream 5’ and I was like, ‘Without me?! Wait. Hold on. I might still be alive, and I could come in handy,’” Panettiere said.‘Signing those papers was the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever ... had to do,’ Hayden Panettiere said of giving up custody of her daughter.
However, leading up to the sixth film, which hits theaters this week, it was the production team that came calling for her. But Williamson had difficulty tracking down Panettiere, who had taken time off from acting. She had moved from L.A. to Nashville. “No one knew where she was, because she had just sort of moved out of L.A.,” Williamson told People. He was able to reach friends in Nashville who were able to quickly connect the two.Don’t mess with Sidney Prescott: Neve Campbell passes on ‘Scream 6’ after pay dispute
“I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to Scream,” Neve Campbell said in a statement. Once on the phone with Panettiere, Williamson offered up a conversation with “Scream VI” directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.In “Scream VI,” Panettiere’s Kirby is known as the sole survivor of the recent Woodsboro massacre. She is now a special agent with the FBI who is called in to help address Ghostface’s new slew of murders in New York City.
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