Speaker A
Everybody else changed. Shorty's exactly the way he’s been, son. Snap, son. TV version. I love the TV.
Anna Faris, Marlon & Shawn Wayans discuss the new 'Scary Movie,' its comedy style, and their return to the franchise with heartfelt moments and laughs.
Key Takeaways
- The new 'Scary Movie' blends nostalgia with contemporary horror spoofs and sharp comedy.
- Anna Faris’s involvement is notable for her charitable donation of her salary.
- Comedy is seen as essential medicine to uplift audiences in difficult times.
- The characters have developed deeper backstories reflecting current social contexts.
- The cast’s reunion felt like a joyful high school reunion, highlighting strong camaraderie.
Summary
- Anna Faris, Marlon, and Shawn Wayans reunite to talk about the new 'Scary Movie' film at Cineacon.
- The cast shares humorous anecdotes about their characters and the making of the movie.
- Anna Faris donated her entire salary to the Way Family Foundation, supporting hungry children.
- The film spoofs a wide range of recent horror movies and pop culture references.
- They emphasize the importance of comedy as a form of relief in today's toxic world.
- Cindy Campbell’s character is portrayed as a quarantined, revenge-driven figure similar to Laurie Strode.
- Ray and Brenda’s characters have evolved, with Ray having been in prison and Brenda raising their kids.
- The cast reflects on the nostalgic and fresh comedic approach of the new film.
- They discuss the challenges and excitement of returning to a beloved franchise after years apart.
- The interview is lighthearted, filled with playful banter and genuine affection among the cast.
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Speaker A
Drop the mic again. That was—We can't follow that, Marlin. We can't follow that. Please stop dropping these bars.
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We back. Mom, Santa gave me a severed arm. Be sure to thank him. Hello everyone. Nikki Novak here in the Fandango suite at Cineacon with the cast and creators of Scary Movie. Hi.
Speaker A
Hi. Hey. What's up? What's up? I like your boots. I like your—You got—You got those boots.
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No, no, no, no. They don’t. I wish we could see your boots. I got them hurting monster boots.
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You got very nice boots. You got them Austin Powers boots, baby girl. I really do. I am channeling—it’s When in Vegas.
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What’s her name? Galore. That’s right. Galore. Absolutely. Legs. Legs galore. There you go. I love it.
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PG-13. I thought it was—It wasn’t that we were trying to not say that. That’s the part we didn’t want to say. Galore, fine.
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I’m always doing that. So crazy. What is up with my foot in my mouth?
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I know. Yeah. Something like that. Oh my gosh. And we’re done. Sorry. We got the interview. No, you guys are amazing. I don’t even have to ask what it was like for you guys all to come back together. I can see it.
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It felt like yesterday. It felt like a high school reunion. Like when we all saw each other for the first time. It was just—it was beautiful because even from the first call, you know, Anna was in—
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She was just like, “Oh my God.” She started with an Oscar speech. Yeah. I want—She got all sentimental.
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I—I—I want to thank my mom. She always thought, you know, you’re going to play Jonah Varc. You’re going to play Amelia Earhart.
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And instead, she played Cindy who got blown to the sky with male juice. She still thanked her mother though, right?
Speaker A
It’s like—it’s like the most intense boot camp for an—Yeah. Yes. What did your mother think of that scene?
Speaker A
Oh man. Was she proud? Was she crying when she’s like, “My daughter”? No, but you know, she’s taking it like a champ. No, we went to see the movie when it opened in Lynwood, Washington at the Alderwood Mall. And I told my mom before, um, you
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know that I said there’s going to be a scene where I need you to get up and go to the bathroom and you have to listen to me. You have to—you have to. And so she did, but it was incredible, you know. She
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was like, “I don’t have to go. I just went before this. I’m fine.” What if she’s like, “I already seen it. You took that from me.”
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Me and your father do that all the time. Doing my stuff, girl. I feel like I don’t even need to be here.
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I’m sorry. What were you saying? That’s right. Hi. No. No. This is great. This is what we—This—I didn’t imagine that these guys would get their franchise back. And on top of that invite, I hadn’t seen or talked to
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them. There weren’t any hard feelings, but I didn’t know what had happened. So, for them to call me to be like, “We got it back and we want you to do it for free, right?” And they said we’re going
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to be doing this for free and she did it for free. All of the profit goes to the Way Family Foundation which feeds hungry children all over Waynes and there are hungry Waynes all over North Carolina. The entire world is
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sort of extended family. World meaning like US California, our house, our apartment. So they told me that and she donated her whole salary.
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Yes. You know what? For the first time in my life, I am going to give back. So I was there at 6 a.m. every morning.
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Yes. 6. We didn’t get there. We didn’t get there till 9. Cindy Campbell wanting the people to laugh.
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It was just her alone at 6 sometimes 2:00 in the morning. And we were gone by 11. Trucks was gone. We was—we was out.
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I was going the people. Yes. She’s beautiful. How did you decide? I don’t even know where to go. How did you decide? Because in the trailer I see Weapons, Sinners, Get Out, Long Legs, The Substance, like the most brilliant spoofing. I mean,
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first of all, horror has given you a plethora of stuff to choose from. But how did you actually choose which scenes you were going to spoof or which put everything in? Everything. The news, everything. Everybody getting it. I’m
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boots. Everything, everything. I love how she—We didn’t choose. We just threw everything in the kitchen sink and we could go on a date as long as it’s funny.
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We should go on a date. Can we get your boots in the shot? And my boots should go on a date. Like a real cool interracial couple.
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It does. Y’all look like me and Terry Crews in White Chicks. That’s Terry Crews and that’s me.
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Oh yeah, brother. Look at the snow over there, man. So, we—we—we just decided if it’s funny, let’s put it in and, uh, make sure it just made some sense with the story.
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Yeah. Do you, like in a 2026 lens, how—how comedy has changed? I’ve heard you say you’re not holding back in this film. Did it—did it shift at all or is it kind of like, you know,
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there’s always like a comedic recession every 20 years, every 25 years, turn of the century. There’s always like, you know, with 2026 so from 200—like I don’t know—17 with the correction started happening and now people are
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hungry and they want to laugh again and so this movie brings that nostalgic feeling back and hopefully it loosens everybody up to just come laugh again because the world is just so toxic and we all need to come together in this
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medicine. Laughter is medicine. Yeah. Truth. I’m not going to change the world, but I want to change your mood. Boom.
Speaker A
Oh man, you can’t follow that. Oh, look at that. He did it again. He did it again.
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Oh, he’s such a genius. Look at him go. He did it again. He did it again.
Speaker A
He did it again. So, make sure you sign up for Scary Seven and get that check.
Speaker A
Anna’s going to do it again for free, right? Well, if you want me to. Of course we want you.
Speaker A
We need you in this movie. But maybe I could get some breakfast or lunch.
Speaker A
Well, if you pay for all of our breakfasts, we’ll get you breakfast. I don’t think breakfast is in the budget. Uh, sorry.
Speaker A
No, no, no. Let her pay for all of our breakfasts and then we’ll get her and then it can be in the right. That’s the way we do it.
Speaker A
That’s—So, order six breakfasts. Back to this. Back to the interview. Back to the—back to the news, ladies and gentlemen. Where is Cindy at as we meet her in this film?
Speaker A
We haven’t seen her for a while. Maybe like it looks like a little Laurie Strode ask.
Speaker A
You know, Cindy, she quarantined hard during the COVID years. Meaning her world shrunk a bit but expanded online. I imagine she was like she was online, you know, like did you guys see Don’t F with Cats that—
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Yeah. I—I—No, but was you online during like—Sounds like personal experience. You went deep.
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You know, she wanted to—I imagine back in 2000 she was a doomsdayer a bit.
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She had—she had hints of doomsday. Her dad was probably a doomsdayer Rick and she has trauma from what she survived with Ghostface the first time.
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And so she’s waiting for him to come back. Similar to the Laurie Strode in Halloween who is the final it-girl. Yeah. So I mean she’s—she’s waiting. Everything is about revenge and waiting for him to come back because it’s
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only a matter of time and she’s only concerned with that and not concerned with having conditioner in her hair because that’s—or hair dye or hair dye.
Speaker A
It sounded like you said something else. What? Nothing. Nothing. Never mind. How are Ray and Brenda doing?
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Ray and Brenda’s great. Ray went to prison for some time. Some call it prison.
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He calls it vacation. I enjoyed myself. I stayed an extra couple years even though they let me out.
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For good behavior. For good behavior. Brenda raised the kids. Brenda raised the kids. But they have such a beautiful—That’s my girlship.
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And I love her brother. Sweet. What? Huh? What happened? Oh yeah. So, and I think we just have to end on how’s the laugh? Did you have to dust it off?
Speaker A
Have you been doing it the whole time, son? Shorty, everybody else changed. Shorty’s exactly the way he’s been, son.
Speaker A
Snaps, son. TV version. I love you. You need to drop the mic again. That we can’t—
Speaker A
Ladies and gentlemen, if this wasn't convincing, make sure you go see it. is the funniest luck.
Speaker A
If you are not convinced to see scary movie after this interview, the best interview I've done in 17 years, then nothing will. So, thank you all.
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Thank you so much. Made by Cineacon. That was this was the best thing ever. Don't leave this room ever.
Topics:Scary MovieAnna FarisMarlon WayansShawn Wayanshorror spoofcomedyfilm interviewFandangoCineaconcharity donation
