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- In Scream 2, it’s explained that Dewey was ironically saved from death by the scar tissue from his stab wounds in the original Scream.
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Oct 26, 2024 · Scream 2 sees Deputy Dewey (David Arquette) almost die once again. After his near-fatal stabbing in Scream, it seems the nerve-damaged cop has finally met his end after Gale (Courtney Cox) sees him stabbed numerous times through soundproof glass in the sequel.
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- Overview
- Biography
- Legacy
- Kill Count
- Relationships
- Quotes
- Personality
- Trivia
Dwight "Dewey" Riley was the deuteragonist of the Scream series (Scream 1 — 5). He serves as a protective figure to the franchise protagonist Sidney Prescott, amid the first five films and is a narrow survivor in the first four entries. Along the way, he sustains multiple lifelong injuries and nine stab wounds, but works on physical therapy between entries.
After losing his younger sister, Tatum, Sidney's best friend in the original film, he becomes Sidney's surrogate older brother figure. Throughout the film series, he has an on-off again love affair with an older news reporter and author, Gale Weathers, who he eventually marries. They separate and are out of contact a few years before his death.
After narrowly surviving the Windsor College Murders and feuding with Gale over her commentary on him in her book, he and Gale briefly have a serious romantic relationship before she leaves for career pursuits. They reconcile amid the events of the Hollywood killings, for the fictional (later cancelled) Stab sequel, Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro. Amid this killing spree, he saves Sidney from Ghostface and kills the trilogy mastermind, before proposing to Gale after they work out their long-distance and personal issues yet again. The two get married a year later.
During the Woodsboro Massacre Remake, Dewey is a ten-year married Woodsboro Sheriff, Burke's successor and has a flirtatious Deputy Sheriff, Judy Hicks. As the remake murders occur, he struggles to cope with Gale's burgeoning professional comeback, following a writer's block downturn and settling down. They reconcile their feud, as he tells her, "No more going rogue". A few years later, Gale's career resurged and she relocated to her native New York, where Dewey struggled to adjust due to problems with substance abuse. He abandoned his marriage two months after the move, then relocated back to Woodsboro.
On the 25th anniversary, Sam Carpenter, the illegitimate daughter of Billy Loomis, approaches him. Dewey is now 50, depressed in his trailer and is requested for help as an expert on yet another killing spree in Woodsboro, the 25th anniversary. After immediately suspecting the killer is Richie Kirsch, he is proven correct postmortem. He dies saving Sam's half-sister, Tara's life from a second impending attack, killed by Amber Freeman after he is distracted by Gale's phone call. Amber declared it an honor to kill Dewey. Gale and Sidney get revenge and set Amber on fire at the former Macher Residence, before Tara, the girl Dewey gave his life for, kills her.
Dewey was the fifth character to fall victim to the fifth Ghostface killing spree. He was portrayed by David Arquette.
Early life
Dewey was born to Mr. and Mrs. Riley in 1971. Seven years later, they had a younger daughter, Tatum Riley. At some point after high school, Dewey began working for the Woodsboro Police Department and made his way up to Deputy Sheriff. He was a big fan of Gale Weathers on Top Story.
The Woodsboro Murders
In Scream, 25-year old-Dwight "Dewey" Riley is the timid deputy sheriff of Woodsboro, making it his main duty to protect Sidney Prescott, who is also the best friend of his sister Tatum. He butts heads with his younger sister, who does not respect his authority. After Sidney punches Gale Weathers, he delivers the former an ice pack. Meanwhile, Sheriff Burke informs Dewey of Neil Prescott's possible involvement in the murders, but Dewey is skeptical. Later, when it seems all but certain, he appears profoundly upset for Sidney. During the film, Dewey develops feelings for 32-year-old Top Story reporter, Gale Weathers. During the film's climax, he is stabbed in the back by the killer, though he narrowly survives. Dewey was originally supposed to die after being stabbed in the back by Ghostface, but Wes Craven liked the character so much, that he decided to film a shot of Dewey being carried into an ambulance in case audiences also liked the character. Sure enough, Dewey was a hit with the audiences, primarily due to how cool he thought he was and Wes Craven decided to use the ending where Dewey lives. If you look closely, you can see that whenever Dewey is lying unconscious, he isn't breathing, because he was supposed to be lying dead.
The Windsor College Murders
He arrived once again to protect Sidney, who he now sees as some kind of surrogate sister after the death of his sister in the first killing spree. Only this time, he has a limp due to a severed nerve caused by his injury in the previous film. Angry at Gale Weathers, who had depicted him as inexperienced in her new book about the murders, Dewey constantly tries to avoid Gale's presence and is rude to her, whenever he can. Still they work together, because they know they could be the next target of the killer, especially after Randy's death. Later on, Gale and Dewey have a brief emotional moment, only to realize, that Ghostface is, in fact, in the same building. After being separated, Dewey is stabbed several times with Gale a witness in a soundproof room directly on the opposite side of a window showing Dewey's location. However, once again, Dewey survives the ordeal and this time Gale follows him into the ambulance.
The New York Ghostface Murders
During the New York Murders, Gale attempted to interview Sam, who reacted negatively due to the fact that Gale had written a book about the 2022 Woodsboro Murders, asking what Dewey would think. Later, Gale discovered a shrine that was being used by the latest Ghostface killers. Once Gale entered the shrine, she discovered photographs and drawings of Dewey as well as his badges and gun. Ghostface later called Gale and brought Dewey up, causing Gale to become upset.
The following is Dewey's Ghostface kill count:
Family
•Gale Weathers - Ex-Wife •Mr. Riley - Father •Mrs. Riley - Mother •Tatum Riley † - Sister
Allies
•Sidney Prescott - Friend •Woodsboro, California •Sheriff Burke - Former Boss •Neil Prescott † - Former Associate •Judy Hicks † - Friend •Deputy Hoss † - Former Deputy •Anthony Perkins † - Former Deputy •Deputy Farney •Deputy Vinson •Randy Meeks † - Friend •Cotton Weary † •Kirby Reed •Samantha Carpenter •Tara Carpenter •Chad Meeks-Martin •Mindy Meeks-Martin •Liv McKenzie † •Wes Hicks † •Windsor College •Chief Lewis Hartley - Former Boss •Joel •Hollywood •Mark Kincaid - Friend •J. Wallace - Former Associate •Jennifer Jolie † - Former Associate / Former Love Interest •Angelina Tyler † - Former Associate •Sarah Darling † - Former Associate •Tom Prinze † - Former Associate •Tyson Fox † - Former Associate
Enemies
•Killers •Billy Loomis † - Killer •Stu Macher † - Killer •Mickey Altieri † - Killer •Nancy Loomis † - Killer •Roman Bridger † - Killer •Jill Roberts † - Killer •Charlie Walker † - Killer •Amber Freeman † - Killer •Richie Kirsch † - Killer •Hollywood •Steven Stone † •John Milton †
•••••"You're not scared, are you?" (to Gale)
•••••••"She's with me!" (to Tatum)
•••"Something about this one just feels different." (to Sidney)
•"Well maybe you're the killer, because that cut deep." (to Wes Hicks)
Dewey is described as a good-natured, kind-hearted and brave man. His intelligence is sometimes mocked throughout the series, but proves to be adept when it comes to overcoming dangerous situations regardless. He matures from a young 25-year-old Deputy Sheriff to a forcefully retired 50-year-old Sheriff, filled with grief and trauma.
Despite his warm, soft personality, he falls for the sharp and edgy Gale Weathers, his polar opposite. However, Gale considered it their strength at one point. They were married for 18 years.
•He was described "a big guy, 20s, handsome in a scrubbed-clean boyish way" in the Scream script.
•Despite portraying a 25-year-old in the original film, Arquette was still only 24 (turning 25 after filming). All of the teenage male cast members (Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard and Jamie Kennedy) who portray characters 7 years younger than him were actually one or two years older.
•As revealed on the Directors in 1997, David Arquette claimed that he presumptuously turned down the role of Billy Loomis for the role of Dewey.
•David Schwimmer played "Dewey Riley" in Stab.
•This is an obvious reference to the fact that Courteney Cox, whom plays Dewey's on-screen wife, Gale Weathers, plays the sister of David Schwimmer's character on the show •David Arquette's character was originally written to die at the end of Scream. However, feedback from test screenings suggested that the audience would rather see Dewey alive at the end of the film instead of dead. A similar case occurred in Scream 2.
•Dewey eventually dies in Scream (2022), the fifth film. He sacrifices his life to save the half-sister of Billy Loomis' daughter, the man who killed his own sister. His death parallels his near death experience in the first film, where after multiple occurrences of being rolled away in an ambulance truck in recovering capacity, he now appears in a body bag.
Jan 22, 2022 · During a 45-minute Scream spoiler interview, the filmmakers explained why a certain character had to be killed off in Scream 5.
- Perri Nemiroff
- Senior Producer
Oct 30, 2020 · Scream 2 is full of near-misses for everyone’s favorite beloved Deputy Dewey Riley, including a call so close that it could’ve been him or Gale — but it ended up being Randy Meeks, the cinephile and red herring of Scream, who was killed by Ghostface.
- Nicole Mello
Oct 20, 2021 · In a recent interview, Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson discussed his plan to kill off David Arquette's character, Dwight "Dewey" Riley, in the original 1996 film -- and why the crew ultimately decided to keep him alive.
- Keegan Prosser
Jan 17, 2022 · Dewey has also come the closest to dying before in the series. He was supposed to be killed off at the end of the original Scream but after test audiences reacted well to the character, Wes...
Dewey appears in Scream in 1996, Scream 2 in 1997, Scream 3 in 2000, Scream 4 in 2011, and Scream in 2022, in which the character is murdered by Amber Freeman as Ghostface. [4] At the time of the events of Scream VI, Dewey is mentioned several times. [5]
