Matthew Lillard Reflects on Scream Success and Scooby-Doo Career Struggles
The actor reveals he doubted the original Scream would succeed and sold his home after the Scooby-Doo sequel flopped.
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1 publisher has covered this in 4 articles since 8 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 8 October at 22:02 UTC. The most recent article, from Variety Australia, appeared on 11 October at 01:02 UTC.
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How it unfolded
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- VarietyMatthew Lillard Resented ‘Scooby-Doo’ Movies After His Career Nosedived When the Sequel Flopped: We ‘Sold Our House’ and Had to ‘Downsize Our Lives’
- Variety AustraliaMatthew Lillard Resented ‘Scooby-Doo’ Movies After His Career Nosedived When the Sequel Flopped: We ‘Sold Our House’ and Had to ‘Downsize Our Lives’
- VarietyMatthew Lillard Says He Thought ‘Scream’ Was ‘Lame’ and ‘Nobody’ Would See the Movie Before It Became a Hit: ‘Here We Are 30 Years Later’
- Variety AustraliaMatthew Lillard Says He Thought ‘Scream’ Was ‘Lame’ and ‘Nobody’ Would See the Movie Before It Became a Hit: ‘Here We Are 30 Years Later’
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- Matthew Lillard Says He Thought ‘Scream’ Was ‘Lame’ and ‘Nobody’ Would See the Movie Before It Became a Hit: ‘Here We Are 30 Years Later’ Variety Australia ·
- Matthew Lillard Says He Thought ‘Scream’ Was ‘Lame’ and ‘Nobody’ Would See the Movie Before It Became a Hit: ‘Here We Are 30 Years Later’ Variety ·
- Matthew Lillard Resented ‘Scooby-Doo’ Movies After His Career Nosedived When the Sequel Flopped: We ‘Sold Our House’ and Had to ‘Downsize Our Lives’ Variety Australia ·
- Matthew Lillard Resented ‘Scooby-Doo’ Movies After His Career Nosedived When the Sequel Flopped: We ‘Sold Our House’ and Had to ‘Downsize Our Lives’ Variety ·
In this story
- Matthew Lillard
- Scream
- Scooby-Doo