Although Scream 7’s story faces an uphill battle thanks to behind-the-scenes issues, the sequel at least has a perfect way to play off Scream VI’s opening scene confusion. The upcoming sequel Scream 7 is set to arrive in early 2026, but the slasher movie’s production has already been famously torturous. Scream 7 originally continued the story of Jenna Ortega’s Tara and Melissa Barrera’s Sam, the stars of Scream 2022 and Scream VI and the new heroines of the franchise. However, after Barrera was fired over social media posts and Ortega quit immediately afterward, Scream 7’s entire story was rewritten.

First, Scream 7’s original director Christopher Landon was replaced by Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson, and then original series star Neve Campbell announced her return to the role of Sidney Prescott. Then, it was revealed that Scream 7 would feature Sidney’s hitherto-unmentioned daughter and that Joel McHale would play Sidney’s love interest Mark instead of Scream 3’s Patrick Dempsey. Since then, Matthew Lillard’s Scream 7 return was announced alongside comebacks for Scream 3’s Scott Foley and a role for Ghostbusters: Afterlife star McKenna Grace.

Scream 7 Should Cast Margot Robbie As Laura In A Stab Movie After Scream 6’s Samara Weaving Confusion

Robbie Playing Weaver’s Scream 6 Character Would Be A Perfect In-Joke

While Scream 7 will most likely struggle to make sense of Sam and Tara’s absence, the sequel at least has a chance to cash in on a fun meta in-joke from the last movie in the series. Each Scream movie features an opening scene where major stars are killed off early on, ever since Scream’s iconic sequence with Drew Barrymore’s Casey. In Scream VI, Ready Or Not star Samara Weaving plays a film professor who is brutally murdered by her student, who is killed by Ghostface in turn afterward.

Online, a lot of viewers seemingly confused Samara Weaving for Margot Robbie in Scream VI‘s opening kill, giving the directors an amazing chance to pull off a clever meta gag. Much like Scream 2 cast Heather Graham as Barrymore’s character Casey in the movie-within-a-movie Stab, Margot Robbie could play Weaving’s Scream VI character in a Stab sequel. Scream 7’s opening kill presents an awkward conundrum for the filmmakers, so this starry cameo could distract from Sidney’s story and start the sequel on the right note.

Casting Margot Robbie In Scream 7 Would Shockingly Be Her First-Ever Horror Movie

Robbie Has Somehow Never Starred In A Horror Movie Before

Robbie and Weaving have tacitly acknowledged their physical similarities before, with the duo playing a pair of rival actors in 2022’s underrated Hollywood drama Babylon. However, getting Robbie to play Weaving’s character from Scream VI in Scream 7 would be a hilarious way for the franchise to bring back the Stab movies, which played a major part in the motivation of Scream 2022’s two killers.

Surprisingly, Robbie has never starred in a horror movie before, so the role would also be a particularly fun cameo for the A-list star. Since Barbie was 2023’s biggest movie, it is fair to say Robbie’s cameo would be a huge win for Scream 7’s creators. However, the confusion between Weaving and Robbie in real life means that Scream 7 casting the latter in a nod to the former’s Scream VI role would be ingenious.