Jasmin Savoy Brown addresses Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera's shocking departures from "Scream 7" in a new book that unpacks how the cast picked up the pieces when the film fell apart. One of the Core Four in the “Scream” franchise has addressed Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera’s shocking exits.

Both Brown and Gooding are reprising their roles for Scream 7, but not the other two. Barrera was fired from the sequel after social media posts criticizing Israel's actions in the war with Hamas were deemed antisemitic by production company Spyglass. Barrera adamantly maintains she's not antisemitic.

Later in that same interview, which is part of Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror, Jasmin Savoy Brown spoke about the decision making process that went into returning as Mindy without her two co-stars. In her words: