One of Matthew Lillard’s most iconic movie roles is Stu Macher from Wes Craven’s original 1996 film Scream. He was great in that role, and it was the movie role that helped launch his career. I’m a big fan of Lillard and I always thought that he should have gotten bigger film work throughout his career.
During a recent interview with Collider, Lillard talked about his Scream character and shared that he doesn’t really care about Stu. He explained:
“I don’t really care about Stu Macher. It’s a part I played. It’s like if you’re a plumber, do you care about the house you did down the street and around the corner? No, it’s your job. And I love that job, it’s been nice to have that in my resume, but the reality is that it’s a part I did 20-plus years ago.
“So, what is important to me is that what it means to other people is deeply relevant when you see them all the time, and powerful. It’s not something I understood before that.”
It’s understandable that he feels that way about this character or any character that he’s played in his career. I imagine that a lot of actors feel the same way about films characters they’ve played throughout their careers.
Lillard is fresh off of his horror project Five Nights at Freddy’s, and he’s also a part of a Dungeons & Dragons series titled Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!.
A lot of Scream fans would like to see Lillard reprise his role as Stu in the Scream franchise, but who knows if that will ever happen.
