{"id":482088,"date":"2026-03-18T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/482088\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:43:11","slug":"sarah-michelle-gellar-on-special-scream-2-moment-with-wes-craven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/482088\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Michelle Gellar on &#8220;Special&#8221; Scream 2 Moment with Wes Craven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/smg-memory.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While speaking with Dread Central ahead of the release of her explosive new movie Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, in theaters this Friday, genre icon Sarah Michelle Gellar reflected on her roles in horror, from acting alongside David Cronenberg in the new film to working with Wes Craven on Scream 2.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about standout memories from filming death scenes, Gellar immediately recalled a moment that began as a nightmare and became one of the more meaningful experiences of her career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had worked all day on Buffy and all night on Scream 2, and we got to Cici\u2019s death. It was the end of the night, it was cold, and I was laying on the ground while they were pouring on the blood,\u201d she tells us.<\/p>\n<p>What could have been one of the most miserable shoots of her career shifted when Wes Craven noticed how uncomfortable she was.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gellar, Craven told her he would never ask an actor to do something he wouldn\u2019t do himself. He then joined her on the concrete, lying in a pool of fake blood so she wouldn\u2019t have to endure the moment alone.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture changed everything. Gellar says the mood on set transformed, and the two ended up laughing through what had started as a grueling night. She still has a photo of the moment: both of them covered in fake blood, clearly enjoying themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat will always be special to me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Craven\u2019s reputation as a thoughtful, actor-first director has long been part of his legacy. Stories like this make it clear why. Watch the full interview here:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Catch Sarah Michelle Gellar in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/reviews\/561614\/ready-or-not-2-here-i-come-ups-the-ante-sxsw-2026-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ready or Not 2: Here I Come<\/a>, which hits theaters everywhere this Friday, March 20.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/exclusive\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exclusive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/featured-post\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Featured Post<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/ready-or-not-2-here-i-come\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ready or Not 2: Here I Come<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/sarah-michelle-gellar\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Michelle Gellar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/scream-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scream 2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/wes-craven-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wes Craven<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Categorized:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/category\/exclusive\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/category\/interviews\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Interviews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/category\/video\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While speaking with Dread Central ahead of the release of her explosive new movie Ready or Not 2:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,1345,148963,2839,119456,13770,159776,56,54,55,37177],"class_list":["post-482088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-featured-post","tag-movies","tag-ready-or-not-2-here-i-come","tag-sarah-michelle-gellar","tag-scream-2","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wes-craven"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}