Know the tropes of horror. Jack Quaid may not have taken home the golden bucket of popcorn for Best Hero at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, losing to Anthony Mackie’s Falcon from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but fans still scored a treat. Before the ceremony, Quaid joined a Q&A session and—naturally—the first question took him straight into Scream territory.

Who out of The Boys would survive for the longest in 5cream?

(For those arriving late: “5cream” is the affectionate nickname Quaid and some crew members use for the fifth Scream film.)

Quaid answered without hesitation, leaning into genre awareness:

“Let’s see… This is really a good question. I’d say, probably… maybe Hughie? And this is the reason why: I feel like Hughie would probably watch a lot of movies, maybe some horror movies and he might know the tropes of a horror movie pretty well? But in terms of just, I don’t know, brute strength, and physically overcoming Ghost Face, I would probably say either Butcher or ‘Mother’s Milk’. Like, if I had to choose, cuz they just, I don’t know, they would just muscle their way out of it.“

Knowledge is power, especially in Woodsboro. And with Richie Kirsch stepping into the next chapter of the saga, fans can’t help but wonder how much Hughie’s survival instincts might translate.

Jack Quaid meets Ghost Face when Scream 5 hits theaters on January 14, 2022.