As a part of promotion for the latest “Scream,” Paramount Studios has seemingly hired actors dressed in the iconic horror villain’s black hooded cloak and white mask, strategically placing them in front of cameras in public areas.
Sonoma police said they received multiple 911 calls about an individual standing at 1st Street East and East Napa Street, “wearing a SCREAM costume.”“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.
“This individual has been contacted and was hired by a company through Paramount to promote the new SCREAM movie,” police said MondayThe first “Scream” film from 1996 was filmed across Sonoma County, a stand-in for the fictional California town of Woodsboro. Sonoma’s community center, located a couple blocks from this week’s stunt, was shot as the movie’s high school.
One resident responded to the police statement on Facebook reporting they had seen the actor in costume on their morning commute.Neve Campbell shed some more light on her decision to exit the ‘Scream’ franchise ahead of its sixth installment. Some residents decried the stunt, wishing it had been confined to the local movie theater. But others praised the cheeky nod to the original film.
“I mean he was standing on the street where the original movie was filmed,” said one user. “Not that weird or scary! Nostalgic!”
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