Scream 5 Interview: Jenna Ortega, Mikey Madison and Sonia Ammar

With the new Scream movie hitting theaters on January 14th, I got the opportunity to talk to the film’s stars including Jenna Ortega, Mikey Madison and Sonia Ammar. Of course, avoiding spoilers was a top priority during this pre-release chat so I opted to lean on scenes we’ve seen in the film’s trailers, and that meant a certain scene featuring Ortega as Tara was fair game.
Yes, I’m well aware that there’s a whole lot of speculation regarding whether or not that particular scene, which is featured heavily in the movie's promotional campaign, is the film’s opening kill scene. Have no fear! This interview does not address whether or not that’s the case. We only discuss the technical challenges of filming such a set piece.
Check out what Ortega had to say about that, what Ammar told us about making her very first feature film and what Madison told us about a scene she shares with Jasmin Savoy Brown in this Scream interview!
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[@chasep86]

Mikey Madison is a gem. Loved her in Scream and Once Upon A Time. Bright, bright future.

[@mgm1500]

Talented actress fosho but she was miscasted. She played the same character in both movies and was sadly a dead give away from the very beginning.😬🤭

[@chasep86]

@@mgm1500 Always one

[@mgm1500]

@@chasep86😬 " one" that calls you out on your mediocre way of thinking? Yep , always and dont you ever forget it, sweatheart. 😉

[@S0ph.e]

Once Upon A Time as a movie? Or the show that was on Netflix?

[@mgm1500]

@@S0ph.e once upon a time in Hollywood. Quentin Tarantino film.

[@khursheedrind3852]

Mickey and Sonia deserve the appreciation for the movie there underrated at all beings

[@Jaydenshotedits]

Mikey’s perfect !

[@danbh84]

The fuk lol

[@Jaydenshotedits]

@@danbh84 🔪

[@smetie4]

Mikey

[@hunteradams4263]

I believe you’re forgetting Jenna! She deserves it too! Don’t you dare leave her out! She deserves as much respect and appreciation as Sonia and Mikey do! Don’t you dare forget about her!

[@bankss1200]

THE WAY JENNA ATE THIS MOVIE FROM THE OPENING TO THE HOSPITAL TO THE FINAL ACT. MY GURL GOING PLACES. FAV CHARACTER IN THIS NEW MOVIE 🤏🏽

[@yourmom-sh2iu]

shes been going places

[@bankss1200]

@@yourmom-sh2iu girl calm down

[@Wednesdayaddams202]

I’m so excited to see her perform in scream 6 I could scream, get it?

[@zolarenard2246]

And now apparently she is Wednesday Addams 😅😅😅 Jenna is one really special, talented, and experienced actress

[@dirtbikeghost7053]

My fav characters are Sam chad and tara

[@samrose3205]

Mikey's performances in Once Upon a Time and Scream were pure fire 🔥

[@mgm1500]

The exact same😣 but yes totes lit

[@MelPal0706]

I understood that reference

[@belindaaaw_]

BHAHAHAH

[@jcatmeowz]

I'm happy she mentioned The Fall Out. it was an amazing film and Jenna was great in it

[@jsavage9134]

Mikey is hands down the best Ghost Face aka Scream of all time in my opinion…

[@imnotevenfunny]

YES

[@maxigromek4444]

W

[@mikeymadisons]

true

[@fedoraleek1406]

Definitely top 3 but I still got the ogs over her. Matthew Lillard is iconic

[@brianf2293]

Skeet Ulrich has entered the chat

[@miguelangelpacheco8673]

Sonia had a small role but she totally gave me Tatum vibes. I think she did great!!! Jenna frekin killed her role and ...SPOLILER ALERT 🚨Mikey is now my 3rd fav killer (but 1st fav death!)

[@KanadeLapis]

Yeah Sonia's character deserved a better death scene

[@cfromplut0]

@@KanadeLapis I like how abrupt and fast it was it was a great build up to the killer to me

[@katie9247]

@@KanadeLapis are you kidding? Her death was awesome. A death doesn’t have need to drag long and be bloody to be considered a good death .

[@willodoespovs]

Mikeys voice is amazing, Jenna’s personality, and the Sonia’s dress; *cHeF kIsS*

[@weakassfadestan1681]

During all their interviews everybody looks so stressed out bc they were thinking so hard not to spoil anything lol. I would be nervous too

[@cjrebirth]

These actresses did a great job in this movie and I had no idea this was Sonia's film debut 🙌🏻

[@delrey874]

Mikey Madison was also fantastic in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

[@wgtails1456]

1:55 jennas realization that she was moving on to sonia and no longer taking to her lol😭

[@AyessaG]

3:25 it’s so cute how she reacts lol

[@r3sgyu]

for her first ever acting role, sonia did really well as liv

[@sharkiealami7817]

IKR I suspected her as ghostface she’s so convincing

[@ZoeyHater]

Especially the scene with mindy where she just randomly was like psycho? I got it spoiled and knew who was going to be the killers but I honestly was second guessing if she was one

[@ThanhLe-os2dc]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@ebbyking1233]

im so obsessed with jenna.

[@DocDarkness]

It's been long enough. I'm so glad Tara survived because she got wrecked this entire film, cementing Tara as one of the most badass survivors in the series. Jenna really brought it for this role and has the honor playing the first character to survive the opening, go on to be a red herring and be a final girl in one movie.

[@SauceBroskie]

6:53 "Jenna I still didn't give you your wrap gift cause you left! I still have to give it to you!" "Alright" BROOO THIS GOT ME ROLLING LOL SO AWKWARD

[@logo.phobia7300]

Why were they so awkward towards eachother😭😭😭

[@zolarenard2246]

😅😅😅 I think it's because she had busy schedule with all of her projects and she is the youngest among them...

[@akhmeda826]

I also liked Mikey the most in new Scream, she was great!

[@mdrndyprpht9890]

Ugh I know these ladies are gonna give the Scream girlies a run for their money 🙏✨

[@mychaeljones7279]

Shout outs to Mikey Madison dying twice in films the same way!

[@MelPal0706]

Give my girls face a rest

[@justmiria1389]

Like give her a break from the fire

[@khursheedrind3852]

Img this just made me happy Sonia and mickey deserve the world appreciation for the film

[@cass2303]

Just saw this!! So impressed!!! Really well done. Plus love Neve Campbell , she's awesome💕

[@williamwoods5592]

And Mikey really really really did a great job in the movie Scream 5 also. And she a really nice person and a really good actress too.

[@williamwoods5592]

The very first time that I saw this movie was on Netflix. It was such a good movie for real. And this movie was first released 2 years 3 months and 1 week and 3 days ago in theaters.

[@robertpreston2220]

Scream 5 is the Best horror film in decades! Felt like the good old days of horror again growing up in the 70s and 80s. Finally its been way too long a horror film felt that way!

[@user-ck2gg7sb1j]

Gosh i love mikey

[@AyessaG]

Mikey and Jenna 😩😩

[@TheCrypticKnight]

Mikey is awesome

[@dr.strangelove.miguelaleja2825]

AMAZING VIDEOO

[@kateealer7]

Wait. They filmed in Wilmington, NC? Kind-of interesting considering they filmed "I Know What You Did Last Summer," ie, the original Scream's competing horror film at the time, in Brunswick County just south of Wilmington. Figured it would be Wilm., NC, considering Wilm., DE would probably result in an actual horror story, being "Murder Town USA" and all...

[@AyessaG]

“Oh.. thank you!” 😭

[@brifrndz]

3:30 MIKEY IS SO CUTE STOP😭

[@preston13474]

To most of them their characters meaning for scream 6 ... Imma miss you 🥺

[@williamwoods5592]

I really love Jenna Ortega as a person and as an actress. She really really really did a real good job in the movie Scream 5. And she really really really did a great job in the TV Series Wednesday.

[@f0otball41]

Mikey is wifey material, no doubt.

[@kayyy4918]

watch out now, shes my wife

[@justmiria1389]

@@kayyy4918no she's my wife

[@mischievousmoonshine]

Jenna and Mikey 😅😅😅😅

[@Allen_306]

mikey : oh yea jenna : 🫦

[@hsissieheus2638]

What time stamp

[@MelPal0706]

Jenna is such a simp 😭

[@candelamartinezcastillo3572]

@@hsissieheus2638 3:37

[@cailey3756]

so cool that it was filmed in wilmington. my girlfriend lives there!

[@martavuiswells4020]

They also filmed the Halloween 2018 and Halloween Kills in Wilmington. I found that pretty interesting

[@AyessaG]

Mickey is so pretty😭 she looks so sad tho

[@urmom2356]

She’s just shy

[@parveenkousar9269]

jenna is best in the world keep 9n pushing yourself girl u gonna make everyone proud

[@AyessaG]

“Just people”💀😭

[@talksick508]

Sonia 🔥

[@DHGlee2013]

Perri ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@yosef9390]

Mikey is so cool but idk sometimes her face is sad? Or im wrong but i feel she is sad

[@u.noteventhefart]

She’s just shy

[@MelPal0706]

Maybe she has a resting sad face like having a resting bitch face

[@seekingoutfriday]

Perri, can I know where you got the shirt?

[@PerriNemiroff]

studiohousedesigns.com/ Love their stuff!

[@cameronholladay3605]

Perri, you may have not thought about it, but both of the posters on your wall (Ghostface & Jurassic Park) represent career highlights in Jenna’s career this far (Camp Cretaceous & now Scream 5 & 6)

[@dustinrhodes4793]

Sonia was awesome, wish she would have made it through the movie over some others

[@Logan-dn6uv]

I love Sonia❤

[@styx5]

Mikey and Jenna😍

[@jakenairn6723]

I hate closing fridge doors now

[@mgm1500]

So no one’s gonna talk about how stu’s garage somehow got lower to the ground and no garage door from the ‘96 version? 🤣🤣

[@Laura-wb7hk]

Ok Jenna I get it you match everybody, Now stop flirting with my wife (Mikey)

[@candelamartinezcastillo3572]

HAHAHAA fr , she’s nervous talking about the photos of mikey

[@untillthat]

Where can I get that ghsotface shirt the interviewer is wearing?

[@PerriNemiroff]

That's a Studiohouse Designs shirt. I love their stuff! studiohousedesigns.com/

[@untillthat]

@@PerriNemiroff Awesome, thank you! Looks like they're out of stock though :(

[@PerriNemiroff]

@@untillthat Yeah, I think there are only very limited sizes left. But highly recommend keeping an eye on the site. They release so much great stuff!

[@ThedevilofDSM]

Sub to their mailing list. I have almost all of their Scream shirts but I never would have if I didn't get the email notifications.

[@JanSobolewski-py5ki]

❤❤❤

[@R.P.McMurphy]

SPOILERS for the worst movie in the franchise by far that it's impossible to spoil. I hate how Mikey Madison it's so perfect for playing a killer because she looks so innocent and unsuspicious that you could never think of her as the killer, and yet they gave her so little screen time and such a badly written character that not only she was unable to appear unsuspicious, because she was barely in the movie, but her lack of screen time and character itself made her an obvious killer from the beginning.

[@miselabram3711]

Jenna gave a powerhouse performance. Mikey Madison is very talented and i love her charisma. I’m sorry but Sonia’s acting wasn’t it - could have been re-casted tbh (Emily Alyn Lind, Madison Iseman)

[@kalebx445]

i feel like sonia's acting was okay, i feel like the writing of her character couldve been stronger though, im pretty sure she probably had more scenes that were cut but for the scenes she had she did decent, i mean especially for her first major role ever

[@ThedevilofDSM]

She did great for the job that was given to her. Especially for a first major film role.

[@makiayhspruel4519]

YUH

[@nightmeowonelmstreet215]

3:28 plss

[@MKF30]

Never knew a chick named Mikey before thats different i wonder if thats short for Mikhaela or something. Maybe I keep seeing Amber but she looks like someone you don't want to piss off lol. Sonia's good as well and Jenna is just adorably cute.😊

[@u.noteventhefart]

It’s short for Mikaela

[@MKF30]

@@u.noteventhefart Oh cool cool I figured.

[@kennethmajorSG]

Why does Mikey look so tired ? especially at 2:17 and sad, she doesn't have any socials 😞

[@nicoleharrington9086]

She doesn't even have twitter, most accounts are fan pages

[@AyessaG]

Fr but she is pretty orivate

[@whyamihere.7088]

Ppl are scary.

[@Wiz83]

Is that the psycho girl from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?

[@MelPal0706]

Yes

[@nataliafaria4552]

Jenna seems so detached from the cast

[@aprilros]

No...shes a good friend of them...

[@nataliafaria4552]

@@aprilros no i understand that but even the fact that’s she’s barely in interviews and if she is she is never with them.. Like she’s the drew Barrymore of this cast and it’s not her fault but she genuinely just seems more experienced.

[@aprilros]

@@nataliafaria4552 i mean...she's currently shooting her new netflix show...and if she did a solo interview...its not really on her control

[@mgm1500]

Agreed. Geeking out here watching all the cast interviews and she is def the best of them all after the original cast. Period.

[@AyessaG]

Fr they kinda look akward

[@smartr4859]

Anyone sense tension from Jenna towards Sonia and specifically Mikey !?

[@logo.phobia7300]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else got that vibe? even between Mikey and Sonia…idk…

[@smartr4859]

@@logo.phobia7300 yeah same! I understand Jenna isn’t in the same room and there may be a delay, but something about this interview was giving me Mean Girls vibes. Also, when Sonia revealed that she’s still got Jenna’s gift. I know I’m not making this up lol

[@UnderratedJazz]

Ikr bro

[@idkidk8693]

Jenna and Sonia or like Sonia and Mikey ?

[@UnderratedJazz]

@Azaria No?there all friends like I'm jealous it was just weird

[@samuelpozzi6284]

I don't really like how Sidney was responding to certain questions

[@mgm1500]

When asked by this same interviewer if she was ever told who the killer was in scream ‘96 if billy, stu or a prankster when she was attacked in the restroom was rude. “Who cares?!”..🤧

[@camcanty8218]

Did Jenna accidentally give a hint to the killer? lol

[@noahglad1807]

Not exactly cuz roger l Jackson is the voice in the little mic thing doing the ghost face voice but he was never the killer lol but the killer is still unknown I have a feeling it’s gonna be Jenna lol

[@cjfqg]

She did not!

[@liltmarshall8717]

Nope 😃

[@maximusprime3459]

Jenna's role was better than whoever that stiff dead faced actress was that played her sister.

[@nicoleharrington9086]

😭

[@JanSobolewski-py5ki]

Jan Ortega Sobolewski Janna Ortega. Polska

[@jumpedintheriverwhatdidise5499]

I thought Jenna was the weakest tbh loved the other cast though.