Neve Campbell reflects on 'Scream' pay dispute, 'Scream 7' return

Neve Campbell is looking back on the moment she thought she was done with \

Sidney Prescott is answering the call again, but Neve Campbell once thought her time with "Scream" was over for good.

The horror icon, 52, opened up in an appearance on "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday about her decision to return to the slasher sequel "Scream 7" after declining to participate in the previous installment due to a salary dispute.

"When I made that decision [to leave 'Scream VI'], I just didn't think I could live with myself walking on set," Campbell said. "I just didn't feel right. I just knew that my value to this franchise was bigger than what had been offered."

Gayle King, who praised Campbell as a "champion for so many women," noted some are "shocked" to see her back in "Scream 7" after the widely publicized pay dispute that sparked her exit from 2023's "Scream VI." Campbell acknowledged that she, too, thought her time as Sidney could be over.

"When I said goodbye to it, I thought that was it. I knew there was a good chance that that would be it," she said, adding she "had to be" OK with that. "When I knew they were having their first day of shooting ['Scream VI'], and I wasn't there, I was like, 'That sucks.' But at the same time, I knew that my decision was right."