Final Destination 25th Anniversary: Devon Sawa Says He'd 'for Sure Return' to the Killer Franchise (Exclusive)

Devon Sawa isn't ruling out an eventual return to Final Destination.

As the first film marks its 25th anniversary, the actor — who starred as Alex Browning, the ill-fated teen who escaped death only to have it follow him and his fellow survivors to grisly ends — spoke with PEOPLE about his movie Heart Eyes and the legacy of the Final Destination franchise.

The last time fans saw Alex was in a legacy cameo in 2011's Final Destination 5, but he was revealed by former girlfriend Clear Rivers (Ali Larter) in 2003's Final Destination 2 to have died sometime between the events of the first and second films.

Despite his character's death, Sawa, 46, says he would "for sure return" to the Final Destination franchise in some capacity, "if that [opportunity] ever came up."

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As horror fans know, a character's death (or presumed death) hasn't necessarily meant they will never appear again. For example, original slain Scream co-villain Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) appeared later in hallucinations, while legacy cast members Matthew Lillard and David Arquette have been confirmed to return in the upcoming Scream 7.

Sawa is no stranger to being revived after his onscreen deaths, either — namely, in the Syfy/USA Network series Chucky, which saw him hilariously return, albeit as different characters, in each of the show's three seasons, which ran from 2021 until its cancelation in 2024.

"Being part of Chucky, Final Destination, Idle Hands, all this stuff, it's what I like to do. It's what I like to watch, so I like to do as much of it as I can," the horror veteran tells PEOPLE.

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Sawa also praises the "wonderful" Tony Todd — his Final Destination costar known for his bone-chilling roles, including in Candyman (1992) — who died in November 2024 at age 69, and whom Sawa remembers as "cool" and "a great guy."

"A few years ago, we were [randomly] on a plane together. We [took] a picture and it was kind of like, 'Oh my God, Tony Todd and me on a plane? What are the chances?' " he says, referencing the opening scene of the first Final Destination film involving a plane crash, setting off Death's chain of terror.

A synopsis for the newest film in the franchise, Final Destination: Bloodlines, out May 16, says this entry "takes audiences back to the very beginning of Death’s twisted sense of justice."

"Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all," the logline teases.

While Sawa does not appear in Bloodlines — which marks the horror saga's first installment in nearly 14 years — he tells PEOPLE he hears the movie is "phenomenal." Touching again on his own potential future involvement, the actor says, "Maybe we will revisit Final Destination one day, but you never know."

Heart Eyes is now available on digital.