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Melissa Barrerais keeping her fellowScreamstar’s legacy alive.
PEOPLE’s first-ever digital cover girl and the star ofScream VIpaid homage to the scream queen that came before her,Courteney Cox, in her cover shoot.
For one of her looks, the Mexican actress, 32, donned a familiar hairstyle —ultra-short, clip-in bangs which she teamed with neon yellow graphic eyeliner and a full Marc Jacobs fit including a white corset top, black leather skirt and shoes, plus an Odissea choker.
That clip-in-bang moment was a reference to the “icon” who wore the hairstyle when she starred inScream 3in 2000.
Barrera said in an Instagram story that she was “paying homage to@courteneycoxofficialScream 3bangs 😍 cause I think they’re 🔥.”
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However, although the latest actress to hold the Scream torch finds the now-vintage look iconic, its original wearer doesn’t feel the same.
WhenCox appeared onThe Drew Barrymore Showin January of last year, theFriendsstar gave her opinion on the polarizing ultra-short bangs and the story behind how they came to be.
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“EachScream, I would try to come up with a different look for her that was just over the top gross, or ugly or too much,” Cox, 57, told host and fellow scream queenDrew Barrymore.
Neve Campbell, 48, who also starred alongside Cox in theScreamfilms, jumped in saying, “The bangs?”
To which Cox responded, “Oh, that was the worst. I forgot about that. There was nothing worse. That was a big lesson in life because that will forever be on film.”
Continuing, “One set of bangs. I remember they were cut on the set. You are supposed to have a thing that starts back here, far back, and that’s where the part goes for the bangs,” Cox explained as she pointed to the back of the head where the faux bang should be placed. “For some reason, they put it here [pointing toward the center of her head] and started cutting it, and I was like, ‘Well, I don’t have a choice now.'”
source: people.com
