Scream 6 Interview: Melissa Barrera on Requesting Big Changes for Sam Carpenter

I always want more time at the end of interviews, but especially at the end of interviews with Melissa Barrera. I had the pleasure of having her on Collider Ladies Night in January of 2022 for the release of Scream and every single answer was thoughtful, detailed, and oozing with passion for her craft. A year later, nothing has changed in that respect, but Barrera has experienced a bit of an evolution in terms of the types of projects she finds herself drawn to and the goals she has for herself in the business.

In her latest release, Scream VI, Barrera returns as Samantha Carpenter, the daughter of Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) and one of the survivors of the 2022 Woodsboro massacre. When Chad (Mason Gooding), Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown), and her sister Tara (Jenna Ortega) move to New York City for college, Sam tags along so she can do everything in her power to keep her loved ones safe. That dedication is put to the test when a new Ghostface emerges and threatens to tear the “Core Four” apart.

In celebration of the March 10th release of Scream VI, Barrera took the time to return to Collider Ladies Night and discuss the “big perspective shift” she’s had since the release of Scream 2022.

Hear all about it in this episode of Collider Ladies Night!

Listen to this conversation uncut here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/44VI...

#scream #scream6 #ghostface

00:00 Dicey Questions
02:50 Intro
03:18 Her Big Perspective Shift
06:52 "Breaking Out" Again and Again
09:05 Having Actor's Writer's Block
12:17 In the Heights & Carmen
15:10 Scream VI Script Changes