In case you haven't seen "Scream" — which came out in 1996, so you've had a minute to check it out — I'm about to tell you exactly who the two masked killers in the first film are, and how one of the performers actually auditioned for the other role. To speak more clearly, Matthew Lillard, who ended up playing Stu Macher in Wes Craven's horror classic, originally auditioned to play Billy Loomis, the swoon-worthy boyfriend of the movie's protagonist, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell); ultimately, the role of Billy went to Skeet Ulrich.

The two actors discussed this exact shake-up, speaking to Entertainment Weekly in December 2021 for an oral history of the beloved film, which ultimately spawned a massive franchise. (I should actually note that the oral history is about a scene where Jam

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