“It was a really bad idea”: Aubrey Plaza’s calamitous 2010 attempt at going “full method”
Aubrey Plaza recalled that an attempt to use method acting at a 2010 audition for Scream 4 went badly wrong. Told that her character would eventually be revealed as the killer, she dressed and behaved as though she were a murderer, undermining the film’s intended mystery and losing the role.
Plaza said she arrived looking “frumpy” and conspicuously unsettling while other auditionees were glamorous. Casting staff reportedly pointed out that audiences were not meant to identify the killer immediately; the part is understood to have been Jill Roberts, ultimately played by Emma Roberts.
- Plaza’s method-acting approach spoiled the intended Scream 4 twist.
- She dressed as an obvious murderer for the audition.
- Emma Roberts ultimately played the role.