Anna Faris says she'd only return to “Scary Movie” franchise if Regina Hall did too: 'And money'
"But mostly all Regina!" Faris says.
Anna Faris is getting honest about what it would take to finally bring her back to the Scary Movie franchise.
Faris' iconic character Cindy Campbell hasn't been seen since her last appearance in 2006's Scary Movie 4, and since Paramount is currently rebooting the franchise with another sequel, there's a chance for her to return. But Faris isn't holding back on revealing what it would it take to get her to reprise her role — and it's honestly totally understandable.
"Well, money!" Faris told PEOPLE with a laugh.
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But there's another condition Faris insists upon: the return of her onscreen BFF Regina Hall, who played Brenda. Because what would Scary Movie be if you had one without the other?
"I would love to work with Regina again," Faris said. "I just love her so much. We would make each other giggle all day long. Regina Hall would be my answer. And money. But mostly all Regina!"
Faris and Hall first starred together in 2000's comedic horror satire Scary Movie, and they both returned for the next three sequels: 2001's Scary Movie 2, 2003's Scary Movie 3, and 2006's Scary Movie 4. The franchise continued with Scary Movie 5 in 2013, but that is the only film to not feature Faris and Hall.
"I love that franchise," Faris said. "It was like my bootcamp, my beginnings. If there is a high school comparison for my growth experience, those four movies played an important role in my life in terms of teaching me how to use props, teaching me how to fall, how to get hit in the head — how to hold Chiclets in my mouth and then spit them out with blood at a convenient time for the camera."
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Faris previously admitted to Entertainment Weekly that she had no idea she was funny at the time of filming; in fact, she said she was "too terrified to try much."
"There’s a moment where I’m flailing through the cafeteria and that was when I felt like, 'Maybe I’m starting to get the hang of this!'" Faris previously said. "But I would go home at the end of the day feeling like, 'Oh my God. I’m not funny.'"
It wasn't until the movie came out and Faris saw how successful (and beloved) Scary Movie was — it broke a record at the time for box office earnings for R-rated movie with $42 million — that her life changed.
"I owe everything to that movie," Faris said. "After the premiere, I flew back to Washington state and saw the movie in a strip mall with my parents, and it was sold out. I couldn’t believe it. People were going a little crazy for it. I had to have a talking-to to myself about enjoying that experience a little too much."
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