UPDATE (11/23/23, 1:30 p.m. ET): A day after she was fired from Scream 7, Melissa launched a press release on her Instagram Story. “First and foremost I condemn Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia,” her assertion started. “I condemn hate and prejudice of any kind against any group of people. As a Latina, a proud Mexicana, I feel the responsibility of having a platform that allows me the privilege of being heard, and therefore I have tried to use it to raise awareness about issues I care about and to lend my voice to those in need.”
She added, “Every person on this earth — regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or socio-economic status — deserves equal human rights, dignity and, of course, freedom. I believe a group of people are NOT their leadership, and that no governing body should be above criticism. I pray day and night for no more deaths, for no more violence, and for peaceful co-existence. I will continue to speak out for those that need it most and continue to advocate for peace and safety, for human rights and freedom. Silence is not an option for me.”
ORIGINAL STORY: Melissa Barrera has reportedly been fired from the upcoming Scream franchise installment, Scream VII, after sharing a number of social media posts concerning the ongoing battle between Israel and Hamas. The 33-year-old actress was dropped from the mission on November 21, in line with The Hollywood Reporter.
The outlet reported that one in every of Barrera’s current Instagram Stories included a message that learn, “Gaza is currently being treated like a concentration camp. Cornering everyone together, with no where to go, no electricity no water … People have learnt nothing from our histories. And just like our histories, people are still silently watching it all happen. THIS IS GENOCIDE & ETHNIC CLEANSING.”
Barrera starred in 2022’s Scream and 2023’s Scream VI because the lead character, Samantha Carpenter, alongside co-star and Wednesday actress, Jenna Ortega. The two portrayed sisters and needed to fend off Ghostface within the two movies. Original franchise heroine Neve Campbell left Scream VI on account of a wage dispute with the studio, and Barrera and Ortega’s characters took the lead alongside Courteney Cox.
Spyglass — the corporate behind the movie — launched a press release to Variety explaining their choice to chop ties with Barrera. The outlet famous that she was not fired for exhibiting help for Palestine, however relatively, that her social media posts have been interpreted as antisemitic.
“Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech,” a Spyglass spokesperson stated.
Scream VI ended with Barrera and Ortega’s characters defeating the three villains who have been behind the Ghostface masks — their roommate, Quinn, their pal Ethan, and Detective Bailey. Since Samantha’s late father is Billy Loomis — the unique Ghostface — followers watched her character expertise delusions, the place she would see and listen to him urge her to embrace her violent facet.
At the tip of the movie, followers noticed Sam holding her late father’s precise masks that he used within the Nineties. However, she drops it and walks away with Tara into the space following the carnage they only confronted.
Scream was not Barrera’s breakout position within the enterprise, but it surely grew to become one in every of her most noteworthy performances. She beforehand starred in Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s movie adaptation of his Broadway play, In the Heights, taking part in the character Vanessa.
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