Matthew Lillard Recalls Meeting “FNAF's” Costar Josh Hutcherson When He Was a Kid: 'He's a Little Baby' (Exclusive)

"I couldn't be a bigger fan of Josh," Lillard tells PEOPLE of his costar amid the 'Five Nights at Freddy's' release on digital, 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD

Matthew Lillard and Josh Hutcherson go way back!

Two decades before they appeared together in Five Nights at Freddy's — which is out now on digital, 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD — the pair met when Hutcherson, now 31, was just a young kid.

"He has a picture of he and I meeting in Vancouver when I was shooting [2004's] Scooby-Doo 2, and he's a little baby. He's like 8 years old in the picture, so we had met previously," Lillard, 53, tells PEOPLE.

And now, "I couldn't be a bigger fan of Josh," he says of the Hunger Games actor.

"It's his second huge franchise, and he's just a movie star. It's just really a joy to get a chance to work with him," Lillard adds.

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Based on the popular horror video-game franchise of the same name and directed by Emma Tammi, Five Nights at Freddy's premiered in theaters and on Peacock in late October, to an $80 million opening-weekend box office.

Hutcherson stars as a security guard who gets a job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza and realizes the night shift can be deadly, with Lillard as a career counselor who helps him get the job — but might have more under his sleeve.

Asked about how he came onboard, Lillard tells PEOPLE that he "got along great" with Tammi, "and I literally said to her, 'Why me? There's not a lot of this character in this movie.' "

"And she said, 'Yeah, but he's like the Voldemort,' " the actor adds, referring to the notorious Harry Potter villain. "To me, that's really exciting — this idea that, potentially, he's over overseeing all the evil in the universe, which is kinda fun."

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As for whether there might be more Freddy's for the big screen down the pipeline, Tammi told Forbes for an interview published in October, "I think we would all love to if this first one does well, and it seems like there's an appetite to move forward with future movies."

"I think we would all be so excited to do that. Here's hoping," she said.

Lillard tells PEOPLE now that those involved in the first film are "all hopeful that we get a chance to bring it back to life" in a sequel, "because I know the fans are itching for it, and I know that we're all excited."

"Every time we do a movie, it's a little family," adds the Scream alum. "We're having fun on the journey, so we're hoping we can come back."

Five Nights at Freddy's is available now on digital, 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD.

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