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Matthew Lillard Thought Scooby-Doo 2 Would Make Him a Star, But 'the Exact Opposite Happened'


Matthew Lillard is opening up about the failure of 'Scooby-Doo 2' and how it changed his career going forward.

Matthew Lillard shared in a recent interview that when Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed was released in 2004, he thought it would definitely be his star-making moment. Lillard received acclaim last year with a starring role in the horror film Five Nights At Freddy's, which became a box office success. “The reality is that I’m a caretaker for a part that will be somebody else’s someday, but there’s no doubt that — not to sound too hokey — as long as I have it, I’ll respect it and think it’s really awesome.

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