Is Melissa Barrera's Career OK?

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I don’t have a great sense of where Melissa Barrera sits on the Hollywood totem pole, but I’d guesstimate that she’s right below the Young Actor A-list: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Glen Powell, and Jenna Ortega. Based on the fact that she helped resurrect the Scream franchise, starred in a Lin-Manuel Miranda film ( In the Heights ), did an indie musical opposite Paul Mescal, and solidified her scream-queen cred with Abigail , I’d put her in the same category as Rachel Zegler, Ella Purnell, Monica Barbaro, and Justice Smith: not exactly household names, but very in demand.

It does feel, however, like the comments about Israel/Gaza that unfairly got her fired from the next Scream film may have hurt her ca

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