Sherry Elliot — Mary J. Blige in Scream: Resurrection (2019)
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- Jun 7, 2020
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Updated: May 17
Sherry Elliot — Mary J. Blige in Scream: Resurrection (2019)
Show: Scream: Resurrection | Network: VH1 | Year: 2019 | Season 3 of the Scream TV series | Aired: July 8-10, 2019
In the same year she was playing the cold-blooded assassin Cha-Cha on The Umbrella Academy, Mary J. Blige was also playing a warm, devoted, terrified mother on Scream: Resurrection on VH1. I want you to sit with that for a second. Same year. Completely opposite characters. Because that is the range and versatility of this woman and I will never stop being amazed by it.
About Scream: Resurrection
Scream: Resurrection is the third season of the Scream TV anthology and it is a complete reboot with a brand new story, setting, and cast. Set in Atlanta, it follows Deion Elliot, a star high school running back, as his tragic past comes back to haunt him in the most terrifying way. The season was executive produced by Queen Latifah and starred Keke Palmer, Tyler Posey, RJ Cyler, Tyga, CJ Wallace, and Mary J. Blige.
Who Is Sherry Elliot?
Sherry is Deion's mother. She lost one of her sons when he was young and has channeled everything into protecting and supporting Deion. She is described as no-nonsense, loving, and fiercely devoted. In a horror story a devoted mother is not just a supporting character. She is the emotional anchor. She is the reason any of it matters.
The Horror Genre and Mary
Playing a mother in horror requires a specific kind of emotional commitment. The terror of Scream: Resurrection is not just the Ghostface killer. It is the terror that every parent carries about their children's safety, made literal and extreme. Mary understood that and played every scene with the truth of a woman who has already lost one child and cannot survive losing another.
The cast around her is extraordinary. Keke Palmer has become one of the most respected entertainers of her generation. And Mary J. Blige, Oscar nominated, Grammy winning icon, is playing her on-screen mother. That casting says everything about where Mary stood in Hollywood by 2019.
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