'Scream VI' Team Responds to Those Stu Macher Rumors and Matthew Lillard's Possible Return (Exclusive)

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films have seen many characters come and go, there's one — Stu Macher — that still has managed to linger over subsequent sequels despite being killed off in the very first installment.

And ahead of 's debut in theaters on March 10, the cast and creative team addressed those rumors that he might still be alive — and if he might possibly return to the franchise.

Played by Matthew Lillard, Stu was one of the high school teens who were attacked when a masked murderer went on a killing spree in the small town of Woodsboro in the 1996 film written by creator Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven.

By the end, however, it was revealed that Stu was one of two killers alongside Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich), with the latter seeking revenge on Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) after her mother had an affair with his father.Despite being killed off, there have been persistent rumors that Stu is still alive -- especially following a brief, unexplained cameo in -- with Lillard even telling ET he's game to return to the franchise in some fashion. «I would love to come back,» he said, before explaining that the original shooting script for was set to reveal that Stu had survived the events of the first movie and had been living in secret. «It was originally conceived that Stu was running a collection of kids in high school that did horrible things,» Lillard said.