Matthew Lillard on 'Scream 7,' 'Carrie,' 'Daredevil,' and how a director's snub led to 'a beautiful moment'

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Matthew Lillard has been campaigning for a while.He wanted to get back into the “Scream” franchise.Of course his character, Stu Macher, could survive a television being dropped on his head (though it’s said that he was electrocuted).

Lillard even thought about dropping an actual TV on his head to prove that it was possible.Luckily, he didn’t go through with it, becausea lot of TV figuratively dropped on his head anyway.The “Scooby-Doo” actor has been cast in several high-profile projects.

He’s on “Cross,” the Amazon Prime show starring Aldis Hodge as a homicide detective and forensic psychologist.He will be in the eight-episode “Carrie” miniseries — yes, that Carrie — developed by filmmaker Mike Flanagan for Amazon MGM Studios.

He’s dipping his toes in the Marvel cinematic pond with a role in Netflix’s “Daredevil: Born Again.”On the big screen, he’s prepping for a third “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” And his campaign paid off: He’s in the newest chapter of the popular “Scream” franchise — which just released its final trailer earlier this week.All of this from an actor whom Quentin Tarantino (speaking on “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast”) “doesn’t care for.” Lillard has answered questions about and commented on Tarantino’s viral comments often in the last few months.An actor for almost four decades, Lillard says he has built up a thick skin, but the comments were hurtful.

He talks about those comments, along with his recent projects, working with friends and his constant desire to say “F— ICE.”So.Tarantino said some things about your (and Paul Dano’s) acting prowess ...Look, candidly, it was a weird moment.

It was a bummer.It was a drag at the beginning.

But I’ll say this — I have never felt so seen by this industry.My entire career, I felt like a blue-collar working-class actor trying to be in the best mo...