‘Scream’ – Willa Fitzgerald and Amadeus Serafini Interview

Willa Fitzgerald and Amadeus Serafini Scream Interview
Willa Fitzgerald and Amadeus Serafini in ‘Scream’ (Photo Credit: MTV)

Willa Fitzgerald’s character Emma begins season one of MTV’s Scream with a certain innocence to her, but that disappears as the body count begins adding up and it’s obvious someone is targeting her friends. Based on the Scream film franchise, MTV’s Scream centers around a group of high school friends who are being murdered by an unknown killer.

Fitzgerald’s character is described as a popular girl who’s considered the peacemaker in her group of friends. But once the killer begins reaching out with cryptic phone calls, Emma toughens up. “I think Emma starts out this season as very much an insecure, confused high schooler,” explains Fitzgerald. “She’s not quite sure of her friend group or if she’s made the right choice with who she’s friends with. Over the course of the season as the killer raises the stakes by constantly threatening her and her friends, she develops a real badass-ness. She responds to his threats and rises to them. So over the course of this season we really get to see her grow into herself and become more like Sidney Prescott who I see as an incredibly strong, confident woman. It’s exciting to see that change.”


Fitzgerald’s not only a longtime horror movie fan but also a fan of the Scream film series because of how well it pokes fun at different stereotypes. Looking back on her history of horror moving watching, Fitzgerald recalled that the first film of the genre she watched was Stephen King’s It. “I was 13 and that was a brutal introduction,” said Fitzgerald, laughing.

Fitzgerald’s co-star Amadeus Serafini (“Kieran”) is also a fan of the original Scream movies and believes his character is modeled after Billy Loomis, played by Skeet Ulrich in the original film. Scream marks Serafini’s first TV show and he’s having a good time working on the MTV series. Asked if it’s fair to describe his character as a bit of a troublemaker, Serafini replied, “I think he’s constructed as one. I think he’s also a bit heroic as displayed in the pilot, so you won’t be able to place him for a while. He toggles back and forth.”

Watch the full interviews for more on MTV’s Scream: