Neve Campbell

The 48-year-old actress made the "very difficult decision" to reject the offer to return for Scream 6 over pay discrepancies.

The mind-blowing difference in paydays between the two stars garnered a lot of attention, both within and outside the industry, with Williams admitting that being paid a lot less than her male counterpart is standard fare. Margulies famously refused to return to her Emmy-winning role as Alicia Floreck for the third season of The Good Wife, despite “really wanting to do it,” after the network refused her rate. It’s a complete shame, and a major loss for fans, that the studio isn’t willing to offer their top star what she deserves. “I’m not a guest star; I started the whole thing with The Good Wife. I wanted to be paid my worth and stand up for equal pay. “I’m forever grateful to you and to what this franchise has given me over the past 25 years.” You’ve always been so incredibly supportive to me,” the statement continued.

There will never be another Sidney Prescott. scream-4-sidney-prescott-neve-campbell-feature Image Via Dimension Films.

Whether it was in the beginning as she was struck with fear or when she grew into being a fearsome force in her own right, she remained a consistent strength that shined through at every possible opportunity. The films would have not been the same without her, a reality that we will have to contend with when the next film comes around. From the moment she first gets a call about how the killings have resumed, you can feel both the exhaustion and resolve as she realizes she has to go through it all again. She anchored the story each time so that, even when it occasionally floated adrift, she could bring it back to shore and get things back on track. Neve Campbell, Sidney Prescott herself, announced on Monday that she won’t be coming back as she “felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.” The announcement was both a rather surprising and disappointing one. Even as Sidney had to keep outsmarting the gruesome killers, there was never a second that we didn’t believe she was capable of pulling it all off and surviving once again.

Deadline reports Campbell has confirmed she won't reprise her role as Sidney Prescott in the 6th installation of the franchise.

The 'Scream' franchise has been kicking around for over 25 years. Ideally, its stars are also profiting from its success. How much was Neve Campbell paid ...

She [can] absolutely be in future ones, but I think it's up to fans to call for that in the future." "As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to Scream," she told the outlet. We don't currently know the salaries of any of the stars of Scream 5, but Neve Campbell's net worth is on the lower end of the scale compared to some of the other actors in the franchise. He recently told ComicBook.com that, "I'd love for her to be a part of it. Obviously, a lot of this has to do with the fact that some of her co-stars have gone on to take part in some pretty impressive projects (hello Ray Donovan), but that still doesn't explain why the franchise's most valuable actor, and one of the few who has been in every film, might not be making bank for the movies she helped propel into fame. It looks Neve Campbell is about to join the ranks of these other actors with some strong monetary boundaries of her own.