Scream: Courteney Cox Asked Directors Not To Kill One Character
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Scream (2022).
Courteney Cox begged the directors of 2022's Scream to keep one major character alive in the film. The fifth installment in the successful slasher-comedy series was released earlier this year to critical and box office success, resulting in renewed popularity in the Scream franchise and a sixth film starting production this summer. Cox has confirmed she will return for Scream 6, but unfortunately without one cast member: her longtime costar and former husband, David Arquette.
Cox and Arquette have appeared in all five Scream films since 1996 as Gale Weathers and Dewey Riley, respectively. The franchise, originally directed by the late Wes Craven, was known for its blend of scares and laughs, satirical takes on horror tropes, and cementing Ghostface as a now-classic movie villain. The fifth film, simply titled Scream, also managed to bring plenty of tears as the filmmakers decided, opposed by Cox, to kill off Arquette's Dewey, a longtime fan favorite and ex-husband of Cox's Gale.
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On the recent episode of the podcast Just for Variety (via EW), Cox opened up on how she felt about the shocking character death. While she commended the film's directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (collectively known as Radio Silence), Cox disapproved of their choosing to have Ghostface kill Dewey. Cox even suggested, while on set, that the directors could even shoot an additional scene teasing Dewey's survival. Cox's comment on Dewey's death can be read below:
It was sad, because Dewey is such a beloved character and he's so goofy, and I thought he brought such a comedic twist to the whole franchise. I think
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