Skeet Ulrich doesn’t see much of a future for Billy Loomis in Scream without Melissa Barrera. And considering how the franchise brought him back, his reasoning makes perfect sense.

Speaking to Us Weekly at Angry Orchard’s Scream-themed Video pop-up experience, Ulrich explained that his return was tied directly to Barrera’s character and a three-film story that never reached its intended conclusion.

“Without Melissa Barrera and Sam Loomis, there’s no Billy Loomis,” Ulrich said. “He was in her head.”

He’s referring to Sam Carpenter, the protagonist introduced...