The previous films always cast current young popular actors along with some cool cameos which was a draw to bring in an audience. Other than the returning cast i didn't recognize anyone here. A bunch of unknown generic looking actors that didn't interest me at all.
shareWhen I saw the original, Drew Barrymore was the only actor "known" to me. Well, I didn't watch Friends and I never saw any of the shows the other actors were in.
I don't mind if actors are unknown to me as long as they are talented and I enjoy their performances. I liked the new cast especially Randy's twin niece and nephew. Maybe that was just for sentimental reasons because I'm STILL angry about Randy's demise!
I had heard of most the entire cast of the original when i saw it back then.They were all popular up and coming talented new faces who i had seen in this or that. same with parts 2, 3 and 4. This one i knew no one. I had heard of dennis Quaid's son Jack before but this is the first thing i've ever seen him in.
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shareI agree with you. I remember 1996 very well, no one knew Neve Campbell, Skeet, Matthew etc...
Drew Barrymore and Courtney Cox were the only well known actors/actresses
OP is either lying or just doesn't remember 1996.
I was pretty much the same. Drew was the only one I knew. I actually did know Neve, but I didn't realize it. She was in an episode of Are You Afraid Of The Dark? (The Tale Of The Dangerous Soup). But I didn't realize she was in an episode of Are You Afraid Of The Dark? until the late 2000's or early 2010's when I discovered a way to watch the show and I noticed her in an episode. Plus I did an IMDB search to make sure it was her and saw it was her.
shareWhy not cast a bunch of unknowns? I think unknowns can be just as effective as big names. Like IT 2017. I didn't know any of those kids except Finn Wolfhard because of Stranger Things, or even any of the adult actors. I had a blast with the movie.
Also, there is Stranger Things. Didn't know anyone in the cast except Winona Ryder and David Harbour. Actually, with David Harbour, I had seen him in plenty of other stuff, but didn't know his real name. I recognized the face and voice though. There is Matthew Modine, but I didn't realize I had seen him in other stuff/realize I knew him, but when I saw his filmography, I realized I had seen him in a few other movies. But everyone else in the cast were new/unknown to me when I started watching the show. Now I see them everywhere, especially Finn Wolfhard with Millie in second place.
And then there is the MCU. The only actors I knew right away were Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jon Favreau, Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman, Paul Rudd, Scarlett Johansson, Terrence Howard, Don Cheadle, Jeff Bridges, Mickey Rourke, and maybe one or two others I'm forgetting (lots of people in the MCU). The rest were kind of unknowns or I hadn't really seen before/were in roles in movies I have seen before but didn't realize it was them. Like Chris Evans in Not Another Teen Movie and Street Kings.
I also didn't really know Christian Bale until I saw Batman Begins.
The list goes on. So I'm fine with unknowns. I can get into a movie/story with either well known actors or unknowns. It's all about story/plot, pacing, if the trailer gets me interested, and so on.
Because this movie didn't need big names to get people to watch it. Being a continuation of an already established franchise was enough. Not only that, but the trailers showed the surviving members of the original Scream trilogy returning which was enough for most people.
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