Skeet Ulrich Thought ‘Scream’ Was a ‘Very Serious Documentary About Two Killers’ Before Filming

Wes Slasher’s 1996 slasher movie “Scream” is one of the most definitive horror-comedies ever made, but that’s not the type of film Skeet Ulrich thought he was acting in when he showed up to set on the first day of filming.

Ulrich starred in the film as Billy Loomis, an avid horror movie fan who is the boyfriend of protagonist Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell).

He’s also the Ghostface killer, which is why Ulrich came to set fully thinking he was acting in a more serious psychological study of a teenage killer.“I think part of it was the mindset of Billy and me getting into that mindset,” Ulrich recently told Entertainment Weekly while celebrating the film’s 25th anniversary.

“I saw it as this very serious documentary about two killers in high school and I was researching serial killers and the psychology of them, so I didn’t

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