Surprise, Matthew Lillard!

And the actor, 55, was indeed shocked to find out he would be included in “Scream 7,” nearly 30 years after audiences were first introduced to his character in the 1996 original.

In “Scream,” Lillard portrayed Stu Macher, one of two killers alongside his best friend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich).

“I was on a walk. I was on a business call with my company, Find Familiar Spirits,” he recounted to Entertainment Weekly . “I put them on hold because Kevin Williamson called me in the middle of the day.”

The filmmaker, 60, wrote “Scream,” its 1997 sequel, “Scream 2 and “Scream 4” (2011).

“Scream 7” marks Williamson’s first time directing, following the death of original director Wes Craven in 2015.

“I was like, ‘That’s really weird,'” Lillard continued. “I had j

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