Matthew Lillard said a “longing for ye olde times” was the reason for renewed interest in his past roles, and why he was being cast again. Speaking on the Phase Hero podcast, he pointed to films from the early 2000s which he said were now being watched more widely than at the time of their release. “ Scooby-Doo 1 and 2 are more popular now than they ever were when they came out,” he told the host Brandon Davis. “So I do think there is a weird nostalgia thing happening in our industry and in the zeitgeist, because I think people are longing for ye olde times. I think that is one of the reasons I’m having this moment to be honest, is because I was identified in that moment, so people are hiring me again.” Lillard rose to prominence with roles like Stu Macher in Scream (1996), went on to play Shaggy in the live-action Scooby-Doo films released in 2002 and 2004, and acted in films like She’s All That and The Descendants .…