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| Chad Meeks-Martin | |
| Continuity: | Scream |
| Notability: | Supporting character |
| Type: | Survivor |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Woodsboro, California |
| Associations: | Woodsboro High School |
| Relatives: | Martha Meeks Randy Meeks Mindy Meeks-Martin |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | Scream (2022) |
| Actor: | Mason Gooding |
Chad Meeks-Martin is a fictional high school student and a supporting character in the Scream film series. Played by actor Mason Gooding, he appeared in the 2022 feature film Scream.
Biography[]
Chad Meeks-Martin was a mixed race high school student living in Woodsboro, California in the early 2020s. He was the son of Martha Meeks and the nephew of the late Randy Meeks. He had a twin sister named Mindy Meeks-Martin.
Although he was targeted and attacked by Ghostface during the 2021 massacre, Chad Meeks-Martin miraculously survived, despite having suffered multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdominal area.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Chad Meeks-Martin was created by directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, and screenwriters James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick based on concepts developed by Wes Craven.
- Actress Heather Matarazzo, who played Martha Meeks, coyly implied in a Twitter Q&A on March 16th, 2022 that Chad and Mindy's father was Joel - Gale Weathers' cameraman from Scream 2. However, since this information did not come from an official source, it cannot be construed as canonical fact.
- Chad Meeks-Martin was on the Woodsboro High School football team, much like Steve Orth from the original Scream.
- Chad Meeks-Martin dated Liv McKenzie, who was shot in the head and killed by Amber Freeman.
- Chad Meeks-Martin was attacked at 261 Turner Lane, which was formerly occupied by one of the original Ghostface killers, Stu Macher.
- Chad Meeks-Martin and Mindy Meeks-Martin are the first characters in the Scream film series who are confirmed to be of mixed race. Their father is black, and their mother is white.