His favorite of those bloody good times, however, is what he calls a Chad Meeks-Martin Special.
Gooding, 28, is a massive gamer and anime fan.
He played the latestMortal Kombatentry as Ghostface, which became a playable character last year.

Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding in ‘Heart Eyes’.Credit:Christopher Moss/Screen Gems and Spyglass Media Group
Gooding rather enjoys his time in the horror spotlight.
He speaks with EW over Zoom as he finishes packing up his current apartment.
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The Heart Eyes Killer of ‘Heart Eyes’.Christopher Moss/Screen Gems and Spyglass Media Group
Holt stars as Ally, who’s recently single and not in the Valentine’s Day mood.
She lands in hot water at her ad agency when a campaign goes viral for all the wrong reasons.
However, they have much worse problems on their hands.

Mason Gooding as Chad Meeks-Martin in ‘Scream VI’.Philippe Bossé/Paramount Pictures
Their unconventional meet-cute quickly becomes a survive-the-night story.
To his point, some of the kills inHeart Eyesare comparable to the Chad Meeks-Martin Special.
“But at the end of the day, you have to trust your director.
I have to trust the fact that Olivia’s a seasoned vet and incredible in her own right.”
But Gooding teases, no one will be able to anticipate it.
He also praises Foley as “incredible” and callsScream 3"a secret pleasure” of his.
He acknowledges the obvious: “I wasn’t sure where the story was going to go.”
(There’s that nickname for the film again.)