Scream - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Scream"
Scream (1996)
Timing:
1:52 (112 min)
7.4/10
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Actors and characters
David Booth
Character Casey's Father
Carla Hatley
Character Casey's Mother
Lawrence Hecht
Character Neil Prescott
Lois Saunders
Character Mrs. Tate
Lisa Beach
Character TV Reporter #1
Tony Kilbert
Character TV Reporter #2
C.W. Morgan
Character Hank Loomis
Troy Bishop
Character Expelled Teen #1
Ryan Kennedy
Character Expelled Teen #2
Nancy Anne Ridder
Character Girl in Bathroom
Lisa Canning
Character Reporter with Mask
Bonnie Wood
Character Young Girl in Video Store
Aurora Draper
Character Party Teen #1
Kenny Kwong
Character Party Teen #2
Justin Sullivan
Character Teen on Couch
Kurtis Bedford
Character Bored Teen
Angela Miller
Character Girl on Couch
Lee Waddell
Character Ghostface (uncredited)
Freddy W. Smith
Character Hall Monitor (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- Drew Barrymore was almost confirmed for the lead role. However, unexpected shifts occurred in the actress’s schedule, and she agreed to play a secondary role—the role of Casey Becker.
- To make Drew’s face look more naturalistic and frightened in the frame, Wes Craven told her horrific stories about the manifestation of animal cruelty towards each other. As is well known, Barrymore loves animals very much and has been a vegetarian for a long time.
- Wes Craven found the ominous mask in one of the shops in California. Since then, with the success of the film, sales of these masks have increased tenfold.
- When the film's producer Bob Weinstein first saw the raw footage, he expressed clear disapproval of the killer's mask and advised choosing seven masks, filming one and the same scene with each of them, and then making a final decision. But at that moment, filming with Drew was already actively underway, and it was decided to wait for its completion to decide whether to change the killer's mask or not. The filmed material satisfied Weinstein, and no further complaints were received from him until the end of filming.
- Approximately 50 gallons of fake blood were used during filming.
- The working title of the film was "Very Scary Movie" (Scary Movie). Four years later, a parody film with that title was released.
- Reese Witherspoon turned down the role of Sidney Prescott.
- Courteney Cox and David Arquette met and fell in love on the set. Shortly after, they got married.
- Linda Blair played a cameo role: she played a reporter saying, "People want to know, people have a right to know."
- The scene where the telephone receiver slips out of Billy's hand and hits Stu on the head was an accident. However, Wes Craven kept the scene in the final cut due to Stu's genuine reaction.
- Rose McGowan could actually crawl through the cat flap on the garage door.
- Melissa Joan Hart, Holly Marie Combs, and Reese Witherspoon were considered for the role of Sidney Prescott. Ultimately, the role went to Neve Campbell.
- Filming was originally planned to take place at a school in Santa Rosa, but after school administrators read the script, they refused to provide the school building for filming. The film's shooting was moved to Healdsburg.
- The Tatum house in 'Scream' is located across the street from the house used for filming in 'Pollyanna'.
- Billy's last name is Loomis. The same last name was used for a character played by Donald Pleasence in 'Halloween' (1978), which in turn repeats the last name of Marion Crane's lover in 'Psycho' (1960).
- Casey, answering the killer's question, repeats the phrase Rachel says in 'Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers' (1988): 'It’s Jason, I saw that movie 20 god damn times, it’s Jason!' The intonation of the voice is also preserved.
- A poster for the film starring Jamie Lee Curtis, 'My Chucky Doll', can be seen in a video rental store. The film also mentions another film in which she starred – 'Freaky Friday'.
- Janine Garofalo declined the offer to play Gale Weathers.
- The knife used by the killer in the 'Scream' trilogy is the same knife that Mrs. Voorhees used in 'Friday the 13th'.
- The song 'Don't Fear the Reaper' can be heard in the film. The characters Annie and Laurie from 'Halloween' listen to the same composition in the car.
- When Casey's parents come home and discover something has happened, the father says to the mother: 'Go to the MacKenzie's house.' This phrase is a quote from 'Halloween'.
- The scene in which Billy climbs into Sydney's room is very similar to the scene from 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' in which the same thing is done by Johnny Depp's character.
- The janitor at the school, played by Wes Craven, is dressed in a Freddy Krueger costume from "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
- In one scene, Tatum is wearing a t-shirt with the number 10 on it. Johnny Depp's character wore the exact same t-shirt in "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
- Casey says that all the sequels to "A Nightmare on Elm Street" are terrible. Wes Craven sold the rights to the sequels to "A Nightmare on Elm Street" before the film was released. He also disliked most of the sequels.
- A videotape of the film "Clerks" can be spotted in the scene where Gale is setting up a miniature camera during the party. "Clerks" was released by Miramax. The "Scream" trilogy was released by Dimension Films, which is a subsidiary of Miramax. Kevin Smith (director of "Clerks") and Jason Mewes played cameo roles as Silent Bob and Jay, respectively, in "Scream 3".
- In all the scenes where the killer is on the phone, we hear the voice of Roger L. Jackson, who was talking to the actors on a cell phone. Once, the local police contacted the film crew, asking them to clarify the situation with the phone calls. The police thought a real killer was calling someone on the crew.
- Kevin Williamson wanted Molly Ringwald to play the role of Sidney Prescott. She turned down the role, stating that at 27 years old it would be impossible to play a high school senior.
- When viewers see the killer in a costume and mask, in most cases it was a stuntman, not an actor, playing the part.
- After the film's release, sales of phones with caller ID increased more than threefold.
- Tatum asks Sidney: "If a movie was made about you, who would play you?" to which Dewey remarks: "That's scary to think about, I guess maybe a young Meg Ryan?" Sidney replies to them: "More likely Tori Spelling, with my luck." In "Scream 2", from an interview about the film "Stab" (the movie within the movie), we learn that Tori Spelling is indeed playing Sidney.
- In the scene where the masked killer breaks into Casey's house and is hit in the face with a phone, Wes Craven – the film's director – was wearing the killer's costume. In other scenes involving the killer, various members of the film crew (not actors) participated.
- When Sidney jumps out of the pantry and plunges the umbrella tip into Billy, the stuntman doubling for Neve Campbell in this scene had to hit a special pad on Skeet Ulrich’s chest. The first hit landed on the pad, but the second hit an unprotected area of Ulrich’s chest (Ulrich’s reaction to the second hit is clearly visible in the film). This take made it into the final cut of the film because Wes Craven kept it for its authenticity.
- When Sidney enters her house, the killer appears from the pantry in the same way that Michael Myers does in the Bob murder scene in "Halloween".
- The scene in which Casey’s body is hanging from a tree is very reminiscent of the beginning of Suspiria.
- When Stu discovers that someone has taken the gun, he says, “Uh… Houston, we have a problem.” This line was not in the script and is an improvisation by Matthew Lillard.
- In the opening scene of the film, Casey’s boyfriend was “gutted.” This scene is a reference to Wes Craven’s first film, “The Last House on the Left.” The same fate befell the first victim, Phyllis Stone, who was “gutted” while trying to escape from Sadie and Weasel.
- In the scene where Randy is watching 'Halloween,' he repeatedly says 'Jamie, behind you,' addressing Jamie Lee Curtis. At the same time, the killer is behind Randy, who was played by Jamie Kennedy.
- The idea of a cat flap in the garage door belonged to Kevin Williamson’s assistant. Originally, Tatum was supposed to die from the garage door collapsing on her neck.
- Director Himbry’s death was specifically added to the film after Bob Weinstein noticed that approximately 30 pages of the script contained no deaths. He told Kevin Williamson that someone absolutely had to die. Subsequently, adding this scene to the script allowed Kevin Williamson to find a good reason for almost all of the guests to leave the party shortly before the film's climax.
- The only scene where an actor, and not a stuntman, wore the killer’s costume was the scene of the killer appearing behind Randy, who was watching television in the living room. Skeet Ulrich specifically asked the director to allow him to wear the costume for this scene.
- Dewey (David Arquette) was supposed to die in the film’s finale. During test screenings, audiences liked the character so much that Wes Craven decided to keep him alive, and the ending of the film was reshot specifically for that purpose. If you look closely at the scene where Billy (Skeet Ulrich) hits Gale (Courteney Cox), and she falls on Dewey, you can notice that Dewey isn’t breathing, because it was assumed he was already dead. Every time we see Dewey after being stabbed (but before the final scene), he is always lying motionless.
- Drew Barrymore was almost cast in the lead role. However, unexpected changes occurred in the actress's schedule, and she agreed to play a supporting role – the role of Casey Becker.
- To make Drew's face look more naturalistic and frightened in the frame, Wes Craven told her terrifying stories about animal cruelty towards each other. Barrymore is known to be a great animal lover and has been a vegetarian for many years.
- Wes Craven found the sinister mask in one of the shops in California. Since then, with the success of the film, sales of these masks have increased tenfold.
- When the film's producer, Bob Weinstein, first saw the raw footage, he expressed clear disapproval of the killer's mask and advised selecting seven masks, filming the same scene with each of them, and then making a final decision. However, filming the scene with Drew was already actively underway, and it was decided to wait for its completion to determine whether to change the killer's mask or not. The footage satisfied Weinstein, and no further complaints were received from him until the end of filming.
- The working title of the film was “Very Scary Movie” (Scary Movie). Four years later, a parody film with that title was released.
- Reese Witherspoon turned down the role of Sidney Prescott.
- Courteney Cox and David Arquette met and fell in love on the set. Shortly after, they got married.
- Linda Blair played a cameo role: she played a reporter saying the phrase: “People want to know, they have a right to know.”
- The scene where the telephone receiver slips from Billy’s hand and hits Stu on the head was an accident. But Wes Craven kept the scene in the final cut due to Stu’s genuine reaction.
- Tatum’s house in “Scream” is located across the street from the house used for filming in “Pollyanna.”
- Billy’s last name is Loomis. The same last name was used for Donald Pleasence’s character in “Halloween” (1978), which in turn echoes the surname of Marion Crane’s lover in “Psycho” (1960).
- Casey, answering the killer’s question, repeats the line from Rachel in “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” (1988): “It’s Jason, I saw that movie 20 god damn times, it’s Jason!” The intonation of the voice is also preserved.
- A poster for the Jamie Lee Curtis film “My Mother’s Son” can be seen in the video store. Another film featuring her, “Freaky Friday,” is also mentioned in the film.
- The knife used by the killer in the "Scream" trilogy is the same knife that Mrs. Voorhees used in "Friday the 13th".
- The song "Don't Fear the Reaper" can be heard in the film. The characters Annie and Laurie from "Halloween" are listening to the same composition in the car.
- When Casey's parents come home and discover something has happened, her father tells her mother, "Go to the Mackenzie's." This phrase is a quote from "Halloween".
- The scene in which Billy climbs into Sydney's room is very similar to the scene from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" in which the same is done by Johnny Depp's character.
- The janitor at the school, played by Wes Craven, is dressed in a Freddy Krueger costume from "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
- In one scene, Tatum is wearing a t-shirt with the number 10 on it. Johnny Depp's character wore the exact same t-shirt in "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
- Casey says that all sequels to "A Nightmare on Elm Street" are terrible. Wes Craven sold the rights to the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" sequels before the film was released. He also disliked most of the sequels.
- A videotape of the film "Clerks" can be spotted in the scene where Gayle installs a miniature camera during a party. "Clerks" was released by Miramax. The "Scream" trilogy was released by Dimension Films, which is a subsidiary of Miramax. Kevin Smith (director of "Clerks") and Jason Mewes played cameo roles as Silent Bob and Jay, respectively, in "Scream 3".
- In all scenes where the killer is on the phone, we hear the voice of Roger L. Jackson, who spoke to the actors over a cell phone. Once, local police contacted the film crew, asking them to clarify the situation with the phone calls. The police thought a real killer was calling someone on the crew.
- Kevin Williamson wanted Molly Ringwald to play the role of Sidney Prescott. She turned down the role, citing that it would be impossible to play a high school senior at age 27.
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