Scream's Jasmin Savoy Brown says it's "very cool" to be playing the horror franchise's first openly queer character in the upcoming fifth instalment.
In the long-awaited slasher movie, the actor – who is currently starring in the Showtime hit Yellowjackets – portrays Mindy who has a link to a previous Scream character, but one we won't spoil here.
She's just one of many mysterious fresh faces set to appear alongside returning faves Neve Campbell's Sidney, Courteney Cox's Gale Weathers and David Arquette's Dewey Riley in the latest outing.
And with directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett determined to keep major plot points under wraps, fans have been forced to comb over promo material to pick up on hints about the newbies.
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When individual character posters were released, people were quick to flag that Mindy was sporting what seemed to be an LGBTQ+ pride pin, which lead to speculation surrounding her sexuality.
Since then, Savoy Brown has since confirmed that the theories were spot on and Mindy is gay in the blood-soaked flick, and talked about what a big deal it was for her personally.
"It's very cool, and any time I get to do any gay representation, it's very exciting," she told Digital Spy recently, as she opened up about the film's "true diversity" onscreen. "I thought: how lovely that I get to celebrate every piece of my identity, you know, as a woman of colour.
"I have my lesbo haircut, as I was told, in the film. It's quite funny, because it is quite a gay haircut, and that's the most important thing, to show off the different hairstyles that us homosexuals enjoy."
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Also starring Marley Shelton, who's back as her Scream 4 character Judy Hicks, Dylan Minette (13 Reasons Why), Mason Gooding (Booksmart), Jenna Ortega (You), Jack Quaid (The Boys) and In The Heights' Melissa Barrera, Scream sees seasoned survivor Sidney and the gang return to Woodsboro to face off against another killer in the Ghostface get-up.
Or killers, perhaps, if the previous outings have taught us anything...
Scream is released in cinemas on January 14.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
