Melissa Barrera Discusses Job Offers After Her 'Scream' Firing, Thoughts on the Franchise

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Melissa Barrera broke her silence on what it was like for her in Hollywood after she was fired from the Scream franchise.

The 34-year-old actress was dropped by the horror series after voicing support on social media for Palestine. In a new interview, Melissa described the aftermath as “the darkest and hardest year of [her] life” and said that she had to “reevaluate everything” in the aftermath. Keep reading to find out more… “There were times where I felt like my life was over,” she told The Independent. Melissa said that job offers dried up for her in the aftermath. “It was quiet for, like, 10 months.

I was still getting offers for small things here and there – I’m not going to lie and say there was nothing – but [the message] was, like, ‘Oh, she probably doesn’t have work, she’ll say yes to anything,’” she recalled.

Thankfully, she added that offers started coming in within the last few months. What are her thoughts on the Scream franchise after all that she’s been through? “They gave me a lot in my career,” she told the outlet. “I made really good friends.