Melissa Barrera Interview: Her Big Career Goals After Leaving Scream - "I'm Here to Stay"
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2024
- Welcome to a very special edition of Collider Ladies Night. Not only does this episode feature a personal favorite, but that favorite just became the first Ladies Night third-timer - Melissa Barrera. It was immediately evident that Barrera is an ideal Ladies Night guest during our first chat in January 2022 for Scream, one brimming with enthusiasm and passion for her craft, and for the art of filmmaking in general. That became even more undeniable after connecting at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival for Carmen’s world premiere, and then again in March 2023 for a second Ladies Night in celebration of the release of Scream VI.
One of the greatest joys of having two Ladies Night conversations a mere year apart with Barrera? Seeing how much she manages to accomplish in that short span, and hearing about how deeply she considers those experiences and how that impacts her goals and perspective on the industry going forward. At that point, making the independent feature, Your Monster, which just premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, heavily influenced her priorities for herself in filmmaking. In March 2023 she explained, “I had a mentality of like, I need to do something big to make a splash and to make a name for myself so that I can green light projects.” However, after working on Your Monster and also The Collaboration, that switched to, “I just want to do projects that speak to my soul and that stretch me.”
Perspective shifts happen often, and should. What good are our experiences if we don’t grow and learn from them? Barrera, however, powered through a rather seismic one since our last Collider Ladies Night interview after she was shockingly fired from Scream 7 due to social media posts regarding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. During this new Ladies Night interview, Barrera detailed how that and other recent experiences in Hollywood have heavily impacted her understanding of what she’s here to do. From there we lean into yet another new release that solidifies Barrera as a horror genre powerhouse, and bonafide movie star, her latest collaboration with Radio Silence, Abigail.
00:00 Dicey Questions
07:29 Intro
08:35 Melissa’s New Career Goals
11:46 What She Looks for in a Director
15:22 Lessons Learned from Film Festivals
23:50 Her Newfound Love for Social Media
26:00 Having Opinions on Sets
29:53 Finding a Publicist
34:32 Scream
37:13 What Does “Moving Forward” Mean?
38:54 Abigail
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Thanks for watching Melissa Barrera's THIRD episode of Collider Ladies Night! Want to take a trip down memory lane? You can find her first and second Ladies Night interviews below:
January 2022 - czcams.com/video/YParKJvS0Ng/video.html
March 2023 - czcams.com/video/Y1j4rplNOzM/video.html
I've said this for a while now but Melissa Barrera is a star. She manages to leave a mark without the need to be showy. She has a down to earth calming presence that's mesmerizing to watch. I love that we got to see her be very vulnerable and real in this interview.
She's not gonna sleep with you bro.
Lmao I know I'm just a female trying to spread positivity and show support for other females in entertainment
@@samredd1130 Bet you just "identify" as "female"
@@Aaliyahchannel2024team genocide?
@@Luis-iv4pf She wasn't fired. She was only contracted for 2 movies.
Melissa stood on her morals and im a fan of that alone. She'll do amazing
I agree, Stay Strong Melissa.
Now yall love her wow
@@Reggiezombiewdym?? Lmaoo u know a lot of people have been knowing her since In the heights. An then ofc she got more recognition for scream 5 then when scream 6 came out she reached 2mill for her performance in that film. But ofc since the war has been happening and on her support for Palestine she lost sm of her following and stupid spyglass didn’t like the posts she did so they fired her
@@juliannaceralde since she came on scream 5 yall didn't say anything about her till she got fired and now yall love so don't play stupid now flip flopping for celebrities yall obsessed with
@@Reggiezombiewhy so butthurt 😂😂😂
Met her at a con recently and got her autograph. She gives the best hugs next to Matthew lillard lol
REAL!!! she gives such awesome big hugs
Matt looks OP when it comes to hugs, in mel's defense lol.
Was it the one in Tampa? If so I was there too! She does indeed give great hugs lol.
IM JEALOUS
I STAND WITH MELISSA BARRERA
Everything I’ve seen from her as a human seems genuine, passionate, and kind. I really look forward to her development as an artist.
Melissa, you gave such a sincere interview. You just made me a more ardent fan. Collider “Ladies Night” really allowed you to shine brightly!
Her story is truly inspirational and I'm so happy she continues to be successful
Her comments on producing, greenlighting and representation are so important and totally on-point!
In regards to Melissa's comments on being in an open and collaborative environment, as a filmmaker myself, I always told my cast and crew that I haven't thought of every great idea in the world, and I'm always open to collaboration and tweaking bits of the script to improve the story or re-work a scene to make it flow better in execution. They are there to help make the best film we possible can, and they are creative people as well. So, we work as a team to find solutions and refine what's on the page.
Hahahah as a filmmaker yourself. What film have You made exactly? CZcams videos don't qualify...You to call yourself a filmmaker bro.
@@Aaliyahchannel2024No need to be an asshole to the guy
She’s such a good actor! Love her
Every time I see an interview with Melissa I fall more and more in love with her 🙏🏽✨ looking forward to the many more to come on this channel!!
HELL YEAH I LOVE THESE WOMENNN
Melissa Barrera and Eiza Gonzalez, should make a movie together
I really like Melissa Barrera as an actress
I just absolutely love her. She’s so amazing & such a beautiful human 💕
I love this interview, like every questions asked and every answered she gave was amazing, I love Melissa comments and all💕
Melissa keep on striving u girl! We love you
been waiting for this episode! Melissa is one of the sweetest artists I’ve ever met!
Great interview! Melissa is a lovely human being. I wish her nothing but the best in her career and can't wait for Abigail!
i don't think Melissa will ever see this. But i want to thank her for the fun movies,scream Abigail etc,to me she is the goddess of horror movies(just my opinion)
Move over Hot Ones!
Ladies Night is such quality conversation
perri i have been following your conetent for a while now, i just want to say the way you every time undo your own brain shift its position with the guests and the re do it to ask questions they will be excited to answer is always so amazing!!!
Great interview!. Love Melissa's viewpoint on being done with the Scream series. She's correct, getting two films in a series is pretty damn rare, and Scream 6 already had good closure. Time to move on from those characters.
You are both amazing!
I love that she is praising all her co stars. But after the last few months, it is good to know who are your real friends. Wish her the best.
She’s awesome! She did great
The funny thing about this interview is that her agent and her publicist told her what to say . She is so green about the entertainment industry , I love when she says about the politics and there a lot of new filmmaker out there but her knowledge about cinema and studio politics . I love to see her work with Oscar winning cast and directors.
Met her at Spookala and she complimented my shirt and gave me the sweetest hug ever! I love Melissa Barrera 🩷
Melissa Barrera love ❤️
I feel like she would be great in a Mike Flanagan project!
Fantastic interview!
Great interview, I love her perspective on life and how she takes lessons from things both in her career and her personal life. I thought her festival answer was the best answer you could give to someone starting out
Thank you both for your continued excellence 👍🏽🤘🏼
just watched Abigail, Melissa is always amazing!!
I love Melissa she is a very down to earth human being !!!
Need her as the next wonder woman
Love her
I think that movie she's talking about that she had to fly to Australia and didn't get the role was for 'FURIOSA'.
That would explain the motorcycle action movie comments 😅😭 but I know Melissa is going to have her time to shine
Love Melissa ❤️
its hard not to see a interview of Melissa, she is so down to earth and such a beautiful speaker, she knows what she wants, and she will get there for sure, I can't wait to see what the future holds for her.
Also congrats on the questions, really good ones, it's so good to see an ACTUAL interview besides the normal common questions, in a certain way you have to challenge the guest, make him think, and make him feel comfortable to be able to talk more and be more open to share new insights about the industry,.
I loved this interview.
Can we not talk about how beautiful and healthy she looks!!! ❤❤
Love this! Thank you, Perri! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Will be seeing Abigail later this day here in the Philippines! Will always support all the movies Melissa's in it
amazing interview, love you guys! ❤
Melissa Barrera is Beautiful
Amazing questions as always
She’s so beautiful. I love her smile. Talented successful woman
Love watching Melissa interviews!
Great interview, Perri 👍🏼
I respect the fact that she stood on her morals more power to her
Melissa awesome hugs
Over these past six months, she's won my respect for life. I will always and forever stan.
Qué bueno ver a Melissa paisana en esta dinámica con mi youtuber experta de entretenimiento
This woman is a fucking treasure! ❤
I loved watching and listening Melissa say Australia 🇦🇺 like and it was cool bcs I am Australian so yeah
I feel at this point that Melissa and Perri are bffs
Fan, fan, fan. 💫
Perri being a Wes Ball fan, hooray! I thought I was the only one! Haha
She is mature❤
YOURE SO LUCKY YOU GOT TO MEET HER 😭😭
Melissa is such a gem and her role in Abigail was amazing
❤❤❤❤❤❤
I met Melissa recently, she is now my favorite actor. So kind and brilliant
3:11 Same Queen.
Justice for Melissa Barrera
She was only contracted for 2 movies.
@@Aaliyahchannel2024and she was signed onto Scream 7 🤡
@@Aaliyahchannel2024spyglass says FIRED FIRED FIRED FIRED FIRED FIRED FIRED FIRED FIRED FIRED FIRED
I didn’t realize that she doesn’t use her actual speaking voice in Scream or Abigail.
I’m a fan after she stood up for herself.
I’ve noticed that at least in ONE interview per movie/show Melissa does, she starts to lose her voice & gets raspy - but I’ve noticed she’s also more OPEN!
She is definitely gonna move up in the business. Destined to run her own studio. I'd work for her!!
Simp
@@Aaliyahchannel2024 Why, because I would have a job with her as my boss? 🤷
@@JonnySuite13 hahahahaha keep simping....You simp.
@@Aaliyahchannel2024hater, let me guess, team Israel?
@@Luis-iv4pf let me guess....you're a 45 year old virgin in your mother's basement?
Melissa is perfect!! In all senses, is a great actress and person. The Scream franchise deserves great problems in the future after the owner's acts. They lost the best character and maybe actress of their history because of persecution.
Those scream questions were awkward from both sides. Melissa was contracted for 2 movies and was signed up for 7 so it wasn’t like she wasn’t coming back.
I think from Melissa’s perspective, I could understand wanting to move on and not be stuck in the cycle of grief from losing that role. Nevertheless, that POV unfortunately makes people feel like it’s justified that the Scream franchise is continuing without her, when it’s really not. She was wrongfully fired and her own acceptance of that doesn’t make that more okay imo.
Last I checked she was fired by Spyglass for sticking up for a slaughtered people and not simply left lol.
Sorry that your (micro)australia trip was sucky Mel you should come back for a more relaxed vacay next time!
The beginning where she dropped the ball behind it 😂😂
Melissa saying that she was only contracted for 2 movies. But her plan was a trilogy just goes to show that it was a maybe for her to come back or in my opinion she’s just defending the hate that Neve Campbell was getting. Even tho they don’t follow each other anymore
Gah I love her
LOVE THE NEON MELISSA!!!!! ❗👻👹💃💃⚡⚡
So, Melissa Barrera was fired from Scream VII, even though she had not been contracted to appear in it? That makes less than no sense. Something is very strange here.
I think there were in the middle of negotiations to renew her contract for the 3rd movie but was let go because of everything so Jenna ended up backing out too
@@edwinsaavedra7860 exactly people don't get just because there are plans and talks doesn't mean it's official with contracts. Obviously it was a firing since it's a running franchise with a character shes playing. Deff hinting at a bigger arc. But like she said, she did what she signed up for eventually.
I wonder what she thinks of Neve joining Scream 7
Vanessa Vanessa
Llega a ser pesima actriz😂😂😂
Pero en hollywood, en cambiot u fracasado
It’s a shame she torched her career so soon.
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love seeing Melissa back and clearly thriving, she's such a treat to listen to and Perri as always kills it with the questions 💕