“I’m like, ‘Screw it.’”

Adam Scott auditioned for* Hellraiser 6* after dying in Hellraiser 4: ‘Maybe they won’t notice’

"I'm like, 'Screw it.'"

By Emlyn Travis

Emlyn Travis

Emlyn Travis is a news writer at **. She has been working at EW since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on MTV News, Teen Vogue, and NME.

EW's editorial guidelines

May 1, 2026 4:13 p.m. ET

Leave a Comment

Adam Scott; Pinhead from 'Hellraiser'. Credit:

Amanda Edwards/Getty; Everett

- Adam Scott auditioned for the sixth *Hellraiser* movie, *Hellraiser: Hellseeker*, after dying in *Hellraiser 4 *years earlier.

- "Maybe they won't notice," he recalled thinking at the time.

- The actor made his film debut as Jacques in 1996's *Hellraiser: Bloodline.***

Adam Scott had a hell of a time as a young actor.

The *Hokum* star recently reflected on his experience auditioning for a role in the sixth *Hellraiser* film, *Hellraiser: Hellseeker*, after dying in the horror series' fourth film years earlier.

Scott made his film debut in 1996’s *Hellraiser: Bloodline* as Jacques, a young man who helps his aristocrat boss summon a demon named Angelique (Valentina Vargas). But, as he admitted on Thursday's episode of *Late Night With Seth Meyers, *he* *knew very little about the franchise before his audition.

"I was like, 'Oh, this is an acting job?'" he recalled. "And so I was so excited."

Adam Scott as Jacques in 1996's 'Hellraiser: Bloodline'.

Dimension Films

Host Seth Meyers acknowledged that things "don't go great" for Jacques, holding up a still that featured Scott in character bleeding profusely from his face.

Scott agreed, saying, "I think someone bites my face off."

It's true. Jacques and Angelique initially make a deal to work together, but when he fails to comply with Hell's wishes she murders him by slashing his face, taking a bite out of his cheek, and tearing his heart out.

'Parks and Rec' star details Adam Scott's odd ritual after flubbing lines, and which costar mocked it

Aziz Ansari recalls repeatedly breaking with Adam Scott during the 'hardest scene' of 'Parks and Recreation'

Following his *Hellraiser* role, Scott continued to appear in various projects over the next few years —until a familiar horror franchise came knockin'.

"My agent sends an audition for *Hellraiser 6,* and I'm like, 'Now, wait a second… I was in *Hellraiser 4,*'" he said, sounding perplexed by the situation. "But I need a job, so I'm like, 'Screw it.' And I go to the audition just thinking, 'Maybe they won't notice that I was in *Hellraiser 4*.'"

***Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.***

Spoiler alert: It was awkward. "I remember being in the waiting room kind of looking around and seeing a door ajar to someone's office and seeing a producer from *Hellraiser 4* in the office and just holding my papers up," he said. "Like, 'Okay, if he doesn't see me, and they think I do a good job, maybe I'll get in *Hellraiser 6 *as well.'"

"But it didn't come to pass," Meyers said. To which Scott replied, "No! Like, what the f---?"

Scott discussed his *Hellraiser: Bloodline* role in a 2015 BuzzFeed interview, calling it a "huge deal" at the time. "I remember my first day on set, I was super excited," he said. "And I get there and they're like, 'Here's your chair, Adam,' and I walk over and instead of 'Adam Scott,' the chair said 'Adam Craig' for some reason. I don't know. But it was a nice welcome to Hollywood."

He noted that it took several years for the film to actually be released because it underwent extensive reshoots. "So, needless to say, it wasn't a great movie," he said, "but I remember just being excited because it was a real movie, and I didn't care if it was s---ty. And it did end up being very, very s---ty, but I was just happy to have a job."

Scott's latest horror flick, *Hokum,* is playing now in theaters. Watch him reflect on almost being in *Hellraiser* twice in the clip above.

- Horror Movies

Original Article on Source

Source: “EW Horror”