Melissa Barrera reveals offers for roles went “quiet for 10 months” after ‘Scream’ firing

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Melissa Barrera has opened up on the aftermath of her firing from the Scream franchise last year – see what she had to say below.Last year, Scream V and VI lead actress Melissa Barrera last year was dropped from Scream 7 after posting on Instagram in support of Palestine.

Now, in a new interview with The Independent, Barrera has opened up on the ordeal that followed the sacking.“It was the darkest and hardest year of my life, and I had to reevaluate everything,” she told the publication. “There were times where I felt like my life was over.”She then revealed that after the firing, she experienced a drought in job offers: “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’.”Of the smaller roles she was offered, she recounted. “I would get [roles] that I wasn’t excited about, and I’ve never been a person that just wants to work for work’s sake.

I give so much of myself to acting that if a part of me feels like it’s not worth it, I’m gonna be miserable.”“Inside I’m constantly freaking out,” she added. “I rethink my career at least twice a year.