Neve Campbell has finally addressed the most shocking death in Scream 5
Nov. 22, 2023Horror’s favorite final girl Neve Campbell was sad to hear about the death of one character in particular…
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Neve Campbell has shared how sad she was to see her long-standing co-star killed off in the franchise’s fifth movie. Campbell, who played the central character Sidney Prescott before deciding not to return to the sixthScreammovie, says she was ultimately disappointed at the choice to axe Dewey.
Played by David Arquette, Deputy Dwight Riley, otherwise known as Dewey, was with the franchise from the very first movie where he was introduced as Prescott’s best friend’s brother. Throughout the saga, he was stabbed nine times, married weather-woman-turned-crime novelist Gale Weathers, and survived four Ghostface massacres before he was shockingly killed inScream 5.
However, despite Campbell’s reaction, it seems that the directors have no regrets about killing off such a well-loved character. In a past interview withGamesRadar+, directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin said that it hurt to kill-off Dewey but they don’t think they’ll ever go back on that decision.
“I think you have to watch your heroes die in order to create room for new stories and to watch how that affects the characters,” said Gillett. “I think as long as those deaths inform character in a way that is meaningful and significant, then it’s worth breaking those eggs, as hard as it is.”
As we know the directors kept their word as Dewey did not magically return back to life inScream 6, and it’s looking likely that he will not return forScream 7either.
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