Scott Foley Is Just as Confused as the Rest of Us About His Return in SCREAM 7
The Scream franchise is known for some of its wild twists and turns, but Scream 7 is shaping up to be one of the most interesgting yet.
With Neve Campbell making her big return as Sidney Prescott, fans are already excited. But what’s really throwing everyone for a loop is the return of multiple characters who have died in the franchise, including Scream 3's Roman Bridger, played by Scott Foley.
The thing is, Roman is very, very dead. And Foley has no clue how he’s coming back either. Foley recently appeared on Good Morning America (via Entertainment Weekly), and when asked about his return to Scream, he didn’t pretend to have answers.
"I'm willing to take a poll here and someone can explain it to me because I don't know how it works out."
The Scream movies aren’t exactly known for leaving Ghostface’s fate up in the air as killers get shot, stabbed, or worse, with a final bullet to the head just to make sure.
Roman was no exception; Scream 3 saw him taken down in brutal fashion. Yet here we are, waiting to see how he factors into Scream 7.
Foley acknowledged how final his character’s death was, adding: "Yeah, my character — spoiler alert — 25 years ago, I was the killer in Scream 3. He was brutally taken to town and killed. Now I'm back in Scream 7, and I'm not sure how it's going to work."
Foley isn’t the only one returning from beyond the grave. Skeet Ulrich’s Billy Loomis has already popped up in the last two films as a hallucination, so there’s precedent for ghostly appearances. But fans are wondering if Scream 7 is about to take things even further.
Other dead characters coming back include David Arquette’s Dewey and Matthew Lillard’s Stew, who I never thought was actually dead.
With Kevin Williamson, who penned the first two Scream movies, helming the sequel, it looks like the film will lean heavily on franchise history. Foley seems more excited about the reunion than unraveling the mystery of his own return, saying:
"The best, it's so much fun. I got to see Neve again and David Arquette again, and Kevin Williamson, who wrote the first one. I was in Dawson's Creek, which was the first TV show he did years ago, he's directing this one, and we had so much fun being on set. It was great to be around people you love and know."
When thinking about it, Scream 7 might be taking a deep dive into Sidney’s trauma, whether through visions, hallucinations, or something even stranger.
The mystery surrounding Scream 7 won’t be solved anytime soon, but one thing is clear: this movie is going all-in on legacy.
We’ll find out how it all fits together when Scream 7 slashes its way into theaters on February 27, 2026.