A $275 Million Scooby-Doo Hit, and the Stardom Matthew Lillard Expected From It

Matthew Lillard, talking about the Scooby-Doo films in Variety's 'Know Their Lines' video series, described a love-hate relationship with them. He had expected that playing Shaggy in the 2002 live-action Scooby-Doo, which earned $275 million worldwide, would turn him into a blockbuster movie star. The franchise was short-lived after the 2004 sequel. A film's ledger and a performer's trajectory are separate accounts, and this is the gap between them.