Line #6 Trivia/Scream2


1	* ActingInTheDark: None of the cast knew the identity of the killer until the last day of shooting, and none of them got the last ten pages of the script until it was time to film them. However, [[spoiler: Laurie Metcalf]] noticed that a lot of her script was "blacked out", and quickly guessed that [[spoiler: Debbie Salt]] would turn out to be one of the killers.
2	* ActorInspiredElement: Duane Martin suggested that Joel would go ScrewThisImOuttaHere after [[spoiler: Randy gets killed]]. Specifically that he would leave in a taxi.
3	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/SarahMichelleGellar agreed to star in the film for this reason, despite being busy filming Season 2 of ''Buffy'' and ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' at the same time. She even signed on before reading the script.
4	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/RebeccaGayheart had auditioned for the role of Tatum Riley in the first film, and auditioned multiple times for Cici Cooper, Hallie, and Maureen Evans before obtaining her eventual role as the sorority sister Lois.
5	* ContentLeak: A draft of the film's script leaked onto the Internet, forcing the production crew to change the story in various ways.
6	* ContestWinnerCameo: The usher who gives masks to Maureen and Phil at the beginning won a contest sponsored by Creator/{{MTV}} to appear in the movie.
7	* CreatorBacklash:
8	** Most of the cast hated the scene where Derek randomly starts singing "I Think I Love You" to Sidney, Jerry O'Connell admitting "I did the best I could".
9	** Creator/KevinWilliamson [[https://ew.com/movies/scream-2-kevin-williamson-neve-campbell-wes-craven/ admitted]] that it was a mistake to [[spoiler:kill off Randy]] so early in the series, and would have kept him around had he known the franchise would have the longevity it did.
10	* EnforcedMethodActing: As in the first film, Creator/RogerLJackson was kept separate from the rest of the cast so they could not put a face to the voice although he was on set to deliver his lines. As a result, they were all very intimidated by him. The exception was Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, who he says would chat amiably with him on the phone in between takes. She is [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]], after all.
11	* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/WesCraven expected this, and he deliberately made some scenes more violent and gory, anticipating that the censors would want them toned down--the toned down versions being the ones he really wanted. Instead, the censors agreed to give the film an R rating with the original scenes they were shown, feeling the film's message warranted the violence. In fact, the film's editor recalls being praised by the censors for how the opening scene made a statement on sensationalised violence.
12	* FlipFlopOfGod: As early as 2017, screenwriter Creator/KevinWilliamson has made statements that the leaked script with [[spoiler:Hallie and Derek as the killers]] was a dummy draft. However, in the DVDCommentary for ''Scream 2'', director Creator/WesCraven, producer Marianne Maddalena, and editor Patrick Lussier discussed that they initially planned for [[spoiler:Derek and Hallie to be the new Ghostfaces]] but had to rewrite the story after the ContentLeak on the Internet. Creator/EliseNeal also [[https://archive.is/IFmZE confirmed]] that [[spoiler:her character Hallie]] was supposed to be Ghostface.
13	* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Several parts of Creator/KevinWilliamson's script literally just had "Creator/WesCraven will make it scary" for certain sequences.
14	* HostilityOnTheSet: It has long been rumored that Creator/WesCraven did not get along with Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, feeling that she had a tendency to WagTheDirector. Allegedly, the character of Sarah Darling in ''Film/Scream3'' was a TakeThat at Gellar.
15	* PermanentPlaceholder: "Dewey's Theme" was used as a placeholder for Marco Beltrami's incomplete score during a test screening. The test audience reaction to it influenced the studio to keep the piece, reducing "Dewey's Theme", which Beltrami had composed to fill its place, to minor use during more serious scenes involving Dewey.
16	* RealLifeRelative: Lewis Arquette (Chief Hartley) was the real-life father of Creator/DavidArquette and father-in-law of Creator/CourteneyCox.
17	* RealitySubtext: Randy alludes to nude photos of Gale appearing on the internet, something that had happened to Creator/CourteneyCox just before production began.
18	* RecycledSet: The bathroom scene in ''Stab'' is set in the same bathroom used in the first film.
19	* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/SarahMichelleGellar and Creator/JerryOConnell dated during shooting.
20	* SparedByTheCut: A discarded script draft has a DownerEnding where, [[spoiler:instead of helping save Sidney and Gale, Cotton tries to kill them out of bitterness over his original imprisonment. He and Sidney mortally wound each other.]] Both survive in the filmed scene.
21	* ThrowItIn:
22	** Randy the film nerd rather obviously gets a quote from ''{{Film/Aliens}}'' wrong (insisting the line is "stay away from her, you bitch"). Joshua Jackson was supposed to get the quote wrong, but he mixed up the quotes, and Jamie Kennedy in turn ad-libbed saying the quote the former was meant to say (in the original version of this scene, where Mickey says this, he gets the quote wrong and Randy corrects him).
23	** Elise Neal ad-libbed "did you get that on film" after Sidney punches Gale, and Duane Martin likewise ad-libbed Joel mimicking her.
24	** As the party clears out after Cici is found dead, one girl can be seen walking a dog down the stairs. The dog belonged to Liev Schreiber, who begged Wes Craven to put him in the film.
25	** The sequence of Hallie and Sidney having to crawl through the front of the cop car to escape was thought up right there on set. Luckily, Neve Campbell credited her dancing experience for allowing her to do the tricky back bending stunt with little preparation.
26	* TroubledProduction: The film ran into issues after one of the extras leaked its script to the internet (one of the first major film leaks in the digital age). As a result, the film's script was almost entirely rewritten, with pages often being completed the day they were to be filmed. Security was tightened, with everyone required to sign non-disclosure agreements, and the film underwent many reshoots.
27	* VoiceOnlyCameo: Creator/SelmaBlair is the drunk sister talking to Cici on the phone at the sorority house before Ghostface calls her.
28	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
29	** Creator/AliciaSilverstone and Creator/ReeseWitherspoon were considered for the role of Cici Cooper before the casting of Creator/SarahMichelleGellar. Witherspoon was previously approached for the part of Sidney Prescott in ''{{Film/Scream\|1996}}''.
30	** Creator/SarahMichelleGellar's role was completely different. She was originally meant to appear in the scene with the sorority sisters inviting Sidney to the party. The scene which she does appear in--the film class discussion--had a different student giving her lines.
31	** The film originally ended with a shot with [[http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/ScreamNate/ghostface2-1.jpg another Ghostface]] watching over from the campus' bell tower. There is fan speculation that it is [[spoiler:Roman Bridger]] under the mask.
32	** Originally, Randy was Gale's new cameraman rather than Joel, who was instead a med student and one of Sidney's friends. Moreover, Derek and Hallie were film students just like Mickey, and Debbie Salt took Gale's role as the rude news reporter who asks Sidney if she was the one murdering everyone whereas Gale demonstrated more obvious CharacterDevelopment by punching Salt in the face.
33	** Joel was originally meant to be killed off. Duane Martin convinced Wes Craven it would be funnier and more realistic for him to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere get the hell out of dodge once bodies started piling up.]]
34	** In the first script, Mickey was the one who did the singing in the cafeteria and sung to Hallie, rather than Sidney. In addition, the song would have been Music/WhitneyHouston's "I Will Always Love You" instead of Music/LessThanJake's cover of "I Think I Love You". [[spoiler:He is also an innocent victim in this version and later saves Sidney by distracting the two Ghostfaces attacking her.]]
35	** The original leaked script had [[spoiler:Hallie and Derek as Mrs. Loomis's accomplices. Remnants of this still exist in the final film as {{fauxshadowing}}, such as why Mickey and Hallie were both [[ASinisterClue left-handed like the killer]].]] Due to the leaks, reshoots were done. and the killers' identities were changed.
36	*** In general, [[spoiler:Derek was the muscle of the trio and thus has most of the kills that Mickey commits in the final movie: Phil, Maureen, Cici, Officer Richards, and Officer Andrews. Mrs. Loomis still murders Randy in this version and later assists Derek in killing Mickey. Hallie is instead the one who kills Dewey and also kills Joel offscreen.]]
37	*** However, the [[Film/Scream2022 fifth film]] revived the idea that [[spoiler:the leads' seemingly supportive boyfriend and best friend were the killers all along]].
38	** The ending would have been [[SuddenDownerEnding much darker]]. [[spoiler:For one, Ghostface manages to off Dewey this time. In addition, after betraying Derek and Hallie, Mrs. Loomis reveals that Cotton Weary is her FallGuy, arguing that the falsely-imprisoned Cotton would want revenge on Sidney and Gale for ruining his life. Before Mrs. Loomis can enact her plan, Cotton cuts himself loose and kills her; however, Cotton proceeds to kill Gale as well. In his MotiveRant to Sidney, Cotton verifies that he does indeed want revenge and feels confident that he can get away with murdering Gale and Sidney since Derek's videotape would exonerate him. The script would then end with Sidney and Cotton stabbing each other to the death]]. Presumably, this would have [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun ended the franchise with this movie]].
39	* WorkingTitle: Various titles were considered for the sequel at different points in the film's production, including ''Scream Again'', ''Scream Louder'', and ''Scream: The Sequel''.
40	* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/MatthewLillard (Stu Macher in the first movie) has an uncredited cameo here.

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