Billie Lourd mentioned the callback to her function in Ryan Murphy’s TV sequence Scream Queens in her new film, Maturity. Scream Queens aired for 2 seasons on Fox, following a gaggle of mates as they attempt to remedy who’s behind a sequence of ugly murders. Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Riley Schmidt, Glen Powell, Oliver Hudson, and Nicey Nash additionally starred.
Lourd appeared in all 23 episodes of Scream Queens as Chanel #3 – referred to that means as a result of Roberts’ lead character, Chanel Oberlin, could not be bothered to recollect her mates’ names. The character’s actual identify is Sadie Swenson, and amongst a few of her defining traits within the present have been her earmuffs.
In Maturity, now obtainable through video-on-demand, Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario star as siblings who uncover a useless lady’s physique of their moms’ basement. Lourd performs the mom’s nurse, Gracie, who blackmails the siblings by saying their mom confessed to her about murdering the girl. Actually, Gracie is without doubt one of the first characters we meet within the film, and, as a current ScreenRant interview with Lourd mentioned, she is a bit paying homage to Lourd’s Scream Queens character, significantly from Season 2:
“ScreenRant: Billie, you form of introduce us to this entire film. You are within the very first scene. The scrubs and the headphones made me really feel prefer it was one thing that Chanel #3 would possibly put on.
Billie Lourd: It is actually giving Chanel #3 with the scrubs. If I simply had these ear muffs. And the factor in regards to the hair; the hair is its personal animal on this film. I’ve by no means been so crimped in my life. Crimping ain’t straightforward. It is onerous out right here for a crimp. I am actually dropping actually fireplace rap strains right here.
However yeah, it does have a little bit inkling of Chanel #3 in it with the pink scrubs and the loopy large hair. I needed to have the wired headphones. Bluetooth was instructed and I stated, “Completely not. We have got to have that factor hanging.”
It is completely nuts. And I really like that it is a little bit callback to a little bit Scream Queens docs factor, which is so insane that we have been docs, however we find it irresistible. We assist the Chanels all the time.”
The Scream Queens Legacy Lives On
Although Scream Queens solely lasted two seasons and hasn’t been on air in 9 years, the Ryan Murphy-created sequence – together with co-creators Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk – stays a fan-favorite for a lot of; ScreenRant included it on an inventory of the ten finest “trashy” TV exhibits which are truly nice.
The sequence additionally helped function the launching pad for a variety of right now’s largest stars. That features Keke Palmer and Glen Powell, in addition to Ariana Grande, in one among her first large non-Nickelodeon roles.
There’s additionally some doubtlessly excellent news for followers of the present, as earlier in 2025 it was reported that Murphy and Lourd are growing a “secret venture.”
Our Take On Billie Lourd’s Scream Queens Callback
It is all the time enjoyable when motion pictures make callbacks like these to actors’ earlier roles. It is simply a cool nod to Lourd’s followers.
With the callback serving as some form of introduction, maybe that may get some to take a look at Maturity, which has a stable score on Rotten Tomatoes of 77% as of writing.
- Launch Date
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September 19, 2025
- Director
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Alex Winter
- Writers
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Michael M.B. Galvin
- Producers
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Lisa Wolofsky, Russell Hollander, Scott Kroopf, H.S. Naji, Michael Cho, Tim Lee
