In a 2009 interview , Matthew Lillard , who played Stu Macher in '' Scream '' , said that he had been contracted to reprise his role in '' Scream 3 '' as the primary antagonist , having survived his apparent death , orchestrating new Ghostface attacks from prison on high school students and ultimately targeting Sidney . Following the Columbine High School massacre shortly before production began , the script was scrapped and re-written without his character and this plot to avoid development of a film which associated violence and murder with a high school setting
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
Scream 3