'I Don’t Think Anyone Really Likes Me' — Matthew Lillard Partially Pins Recent Success on Nostalgia Because Fans 'Just Miss the Old Days'

Scream and Daredevil: Born Again actor Matthew Lillard believes part of his recent success can be attributed to "a weird nostalgia thing" because fans "just miss the old days." The horror icon opened up about his recent trip back into the spotlight during a conversation on The Brandon Davis Show. The hour-long interview saw him dig into his recent role as Mr. Charles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and William Afton in Five Nights at Freddy’s, but he also took some time to examine why the last few years have seen him showing up on movie and TV screens more than ever. "Scooby-Doo 1 and 2 are more popular now than they ever were when they came out," Lillard said when recalling his previous work on the two films. "So I do think there’s a weird nostalgia thing happening in our industry and in the zeitgeist because I think that people are longing for ye old times." Lillard famously played one half of the original Ghostface duo in 1996 and, maybe somehow even more famously, showed up as Shaggy in the live-action Scooby-Doo movies. These roles and more established him as a recognizable face in Hollywood in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, but outside of the occasional smaller on-screen gig