The actor remembers saying, “I just want to be in movies.
I want to reset my expectations.”
“I was going to doDancing with the Stars.
Matthew Lillard.Stefanie Keenan/Getty
“I said, ‘I just want to be an actor.
I just want to be in movies,'” he recalled.
“‘I want to reset my expectations.'”
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, and Freddie Prinze Jr. in ‘Scooby-Doo’.Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection
“I thought I’d be No.
1 on the call sheet for the next 10 years of movies,” Lillard said.
“And the reality was, the exact opposite happened.”
And my dream coming up was to be a great actor.
[I thought,]‘If I takeDancing With the Stars, I’m never coming back.'”
Legend of the Phantosaur; Big Top Scooby-Doo!
Mystery Incorporated;andBe Cool, Scooby-Doo!
A sequel isalready in the worksand set to serve up some harrowing haunts in December 2025.
“I’ve gone through good patches and bad patches,” Lillard told Business Insider.
“I’ve been irrelevant and thought I was never going to work again.
