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List of Scream (film series) cast members

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List of Scream (film series) cast members
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Scream is an American meta horror slasher film series created in 1996 by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. Each of the films features a large ensemble of actors and actresses. The leading role of the series is Sidney Prescott, portrayed by Canadian actress Neve Campbell, who is accompanied by ambitious news reporter Gale Weathers, played by Courteney Cox, and the police officer Dewey Riley, played by David Arquette, who appear in all five Scream films. Other major recurring characters include film-geek Randy Meeks, played by Jamie Kennedy, and Cotton Weary, played by Liev Schreiber, in the first three films. The series consists of seven films: Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Scream 4 (2011), Scream (2022), Scream VI (2023), and Scream 7 (2026). The first four films were directed by Wes Craven and scored by Marco Beltrami. Kevin Williamson wrote Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 4, but scheduling commitments meant he could provide only notes for Scream 3, with writing duties instead helmed by Ehren Kruger.

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From left to right; Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell and David Arquette, three principal cast members in the Scream films, in a promotional image for Scream 4.

The Weinstein Company stated that the success of Scream 4 could lead to potential sequels and a new Scream trilogy,[1] with Arquette,[2] Craven[1] and Williamson[3] all having been contracted or expressed interest in appearing in future installments. However, it was eventually announced the franchise would continue through Scream: The TV Series, a television production that debuted on MTV in 2015.[4][5] In 2019, Spyglass Media Group acquired the rights to the series.[6] Scream (2022) was announced in 2019, with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett signed on to direct.[7] Campbell, Cox, and Arquette all signed on to return for the film.[8]

The series is notable in the horror genre for casting established and popular actors which, before Scream (1996), was uncommon and difficult, the genre not taken seriously by mainstream actors. In particular, its cast of famous female actresses such as Drew Barrymore and Courteney Cox in prominent, strong roles was considered to give the genre credibility and allow future Scream and other horror films to attract big name actors with greater ease.[9][10]

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Cast

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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.

  • An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
  •  A indicates an appearance through archival footage or audio.
  •  C indicates a cameo role.
  •  M indicates an appearance in onscreen movie footage.
  •  P indicates an appearance in onscreen photographs.
  •  S indicates an appearance through use of special effects.
  •  U indicates an uncredited appearance.
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  1. Matthew Lillard has uncredited cameo appearances as extras at parties in Scream 2, and Scream (2022), He was originally intended to be a still-alive Stu in Kevin Williamson's treatment for Scream 3, but the plans were changed when Williamson couldn't write the movie and another screenwriter, Ehren Kruger, was brought on board.[15][16][17]
  2. Panettiere also voices a partygoer and is credited with "special thanks".
  3. McRee is used as the image of Maureen Prescott in Scream (1996) via photograph, but only appears in person in Scream 3. The photograph with Sidney, seen in the first film, is seen again in Scream 2, but her presence is blocked by camera framing.
  4. Foley and Jackson appear briefly as their characters in Scream (2022) in archive footage of television series Dawson's Creek 1998 episode "The Scare", which is presented as an in-universe parody of Stab.
  5. Photographs of Spelling, Schwimmer, Posey, Vaughn, Wilson, Silverstone and Graham appear briefly as part of an IMDb cast page in Scream (2022), listing them as the cast of the first in-universe Stab film.
  6. In Scream (2022), Barrymore appears briefly as the in-universe Stab adaptation of her character, in archive audio of the opening scene of Scream (1996).
  7. This character only appears in the Stab in-universe films.
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Awards and nominations

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The cast of the Scream series have won, or been nominated for, several awards, most notably Campbell who has received the most wins and nominations of the cast for her role as Sidney Prescott, including the Saturn Award for Best Actress and MTV Movie Award for Best Performance.[21] For Scream (1996) Skeet Ulrich and Drew Barrymore received Saturn Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.[22] Cox received a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Scream 2 but lost to Gloria Stuart for Titanic (1997).[23] Despite her brief cameo appearance as "Sidney Prescott" in the film within a film "Stab" series, Tori Spelling was nominated for a Razzie Award for "Worst New Actress" in Scream 2.[24] Arquette won Teen Choice Awards and Blockbuster Entertainment Award for his role in Scream 3 in the Choice Chemistry (along with Cox) and Favorite Actor (Internet Only) categories, respectively.[25]

Parker Posey's role as Jennifer Jolie received near unanimous praise from critics, with The New York Times' Elvis Mitchell saying "[Posey] alone makes the picture worth seeing. Dizzy and nakedly – hilariously – ambitious, she's so flighty she seems to be levitating."[26][27] So well received was her performance that she received an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance nomination in 2000 for the role but lost to Adam Sandler for Big Daddy (1999).[28]

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