Scream 2 - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[oscar]

(At around fifty minutes) When Randy (Jamie Kennedy) and Dewey (David Arquette) are talking about the "Stab" movie, the character of Dewey is played by David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox's on-screen brother in Friends (1994) (although Schwimmer does not appear on-screen in the part).

[francisco]

The only one of the four scream movies that has no relative of Sidney as a character in it.

[victoria]

Tori Spelling and Jenny McCarthy played a role in the Scream and Scary Movie franchises. Tori Spelling played a role in this movie and Scary Movie 2 (2001), and Jenny McCarthy played a role in Scream 3 (2000) and Scary Movie 3 (2003).

[willard]

Robert Rodriguez directed scenes of "Stab", the movie-within-a-movie. Rodriguez directed the Casey Becker (Heather Graham) scene and the Sidney and Billy (Luke Wilson) scene.

[camila]

Sarah Michelle Gellar signed up for the movie before reading the script.

[jesus]

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Marisol Nichols, who portray Omega Beta Zeta sisters Cici and Dawnie, have been a part of genre monster fighting high school to adulthood shows, that are adaptions of minor box-office hits turned cult classics: Gellar famously portrayed Buffy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), and Nichols portrayed Corinne the Desert Wolf on Teen Wolf (2011).

[brent]

Reese Witherspoon and Alicia Silverstone were considered for the role of Cici.

[christina]

In an early scene, Gale said to Debbie Salt, "I thought you looked familiar." This is a subtle hint to Debbie's true identity, as later, Gale admits she's seen pictures of Mrs. Loomis.

[michele]

(At around thirty-five minutes) Matthew Lillard has a cameo in this movie, although his character Stu died in Scream (1996).

[francisco]

(At around thirty-six minutes) When at the mixer, Derek (Jerry O'Connell) sits down next to Sidney (Neve Campbell), and is drinking a stubby bottle of beer made by "Mickey's". Possibly alluding to the identity of one of the killers, Mickey (Timothy Olyphant).

[cassandra]

(At around one minute) Paulette Patterson, who plays the usher who hands masks to Maureen (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Phil (Omar Epps), won her role in a contest sponsored by MTV.

[willard]

The longest running time for a Scream movie.

[jesus]

The killers (Mrs. Loomis and Mickey) behind the mask for the following murders: Maureen and Phil's murders: Ghostface kills Phil and wears his jacket to trick Maureen into thinking he's her boyfriend. She touches him and isn't suspicious, pointing at Mickey being Ghostface here. His body is similar enough to Phil's to fool her, while Mrs. Loomis would be obvious.Cici's murder: We know there's two killers because when Cici's friend is talking to "Ted" on the phone there is a killer sneaking in behind Cici without a phone at the same time "Ted" is talking. Mickey didn't arrive at the party until the scene that followed the murder of Cici. However, Mrs. Loomis was in front of the house after Cici was murdered. Mickey films and calls Cici while Mrs. Loomis sneaks and kills her in the house. The caller needed to know somethings about Cici like who's her boyfriend and know if her house has an alarm, pointing the caller being Mickey as they are in the same class. When Ghostface jumps out of the closet, you can hear noises coming from him. However, it couldn't be Mrs. Loomis or Mickey's voice as they do not sound like that. This could only mean that it was Ghostface making those noises. You can hear a women's grunt when Cici throws a bike at Ghosface making Mrs. Loomis being the killer.Sidney's Greek house attack: Mrs. Loomis, because she told Gale she had a deadline after the scene where Cici was murdered. Mrs. Loomis also wanted revenge on Sidney and Gale for killing her son, Billy. The killer was eager to attack Sidney during the attack, making the killer being Mrs. Loomis. Sidney's theater scare: This was Mickey because right after Ghostface came in front of Sidney, Ghostface immediately goes to the exit. Also, Mrs. Loomis seems to have little knowledge of the stage during the end of the movie. Derek even told Sidney that he and Mickey swapped right after Ghostface scares Sidney giving Mickey a better chance of being Ghostface. The Ghostface seemed to know what to do in the play and how to scare Sidney, making the killer being Mickey as he goes to that school.Randy's murder: Mrs. Loomis takes credit for taunting Randy on the phone and killing him (Randy spoke poorly of Billy and I got a little knife happy) she says laterSidney's IM: Mickey, as he would have access to the college's computers and have a reason to be in the library, which Mrs. Loomis would not.Gale and Dewey's attack: Both were there. The one who pops up behind Gale and later attacks Dewey is Mrs. Loomis, as just after Dewey was stabbed, the killer constantly waves the knife around while trying to barricade into the room so that he could kill Gale, which is more like Mrs. Loomis. Mrs. Loomis also said that she wanted revenge of her son's death. the one recording the murders and filming Gale and Dewey was Mickey because their is already another killer behind Gale, which is Mrs. Loomis, becuase you can hear a woman's grunt when Ghostface failed to stab Gale. Ghostface seemed to have about the same height as Gale, but Mrs. Loomis is shorter than Mickey. Mrs. Loomis is about the same height as Gale, but Mickey is taller than both of them. Meaning the killer to be Mrs. Loomis.Detectives Andrews, and Richards, and Hallie's murders: Gale's locked in the room and Mickey and Mrs. Loomis can't get to her, and they know Sidney is leaving town, so Loomis sends Mickey like a good boy to go stop her. No way in hell Mrs. Loomis would risk going up against two armed cops, let alone kill anyone besides Sidney and Gale since she was the killer who only wanted "good old fashioned revenge". Also, when Mickey reveals himself as one of the killers, you see a large cut on his forehead which indicates that he was the one driving the cop car and then crashing it, killing Officer Richards, and knocking himself unconscious.

[frances]

In the original ending, before the script was re-written, Gale (Courteney Cox) got killed by Cotton (Liev Schreiber), and Sidney (Neve Campbell) and Cotton fight to the death, and it's possible Dewey (David Arquette) died from his injuries in the projection room.

[phyllis]

The film originally ended with a shot with another Ghostface watching over from the campus' bell tower. There is fan speculation that it is the killer from Scream 3 (2000) under the mask.

[beth]

(At around one hour and one minute) When Randy (Jamie Kennedy) talks about the nude pictures of Gale (Courteney Cox) on the Internet, Gale says "It was Jennifer Aniston's body." Jennifer Aniston is Courteney Cox's best friend in real life, and co-star of Friends (1994).

[bernice]

The Gothic statues that appear on the college campus are set decorations, not real statutes at the filming location, Agnes Scott. Although the Agnes Scott students on campus during filming were instructed to not tamper with or vandalize the set decorations, and although there was a security guard assigned to the statues, students at least once succeeded in evading the guard and dressing up the statues as a prank.

[carla]

Timothy Olyphant appeared with Scream (1996)'s famous opening victim, Drew Barrymore, in Santa Clarita Diet (2017), as married killers.

[tom]

One of the extras leaked the script to the internet (one of the first major film leaks ever). As a result, the script was almost entirely re-written, with pages often being completed the day they were to be filmed. Security was tightened, with everyone required to sign non-disclosure agreements, and underwent many re-shoots. The script was reprinted on specialty paper to prevent photocopying, and was often destroyed after use. Additionally, Mickey (Timothy Olyphant) was killed by the two Ghostfaces in the original script.

[jim]

(At around twelve minutes) The phone number for "Cory Gillis" (when Sidney answers the prank call towards the beginning) is 513-555-0176.