There are few names more synonymous with mid-to-late ’90s horror than Kevin Williamson. He changed his face forever horror movies and the history of the slasher genre when it was written in 1996 Scream. After the box office juggernaut that was Wes Craven’s directorial debut, the writer was in high demand. In quick succession, he penned it I know what you did last summerrewrote the classic movie script (and one of the The best films of director Robert Rodriguez) the collegeand launched the TV show Dawson’s Creek. on a set of Schedulethe writer started writing the quick part, scream 2. In a new interview to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the slasher sequel, the writer reveals why he never considered a romance between fan favorites Sidney Prescott and Randy Meeks while writing the hit sequel.
In a recent interview with Entertainment WeeklyKevin Williamson narrates the making scream 2 And why he never considered romantically impersonating Neve Campbell and Jamie Kennedy after the first movie. The writer reveals that both actors asked about their character’s potential romance, but he thought it would work better for the characters and the sequel if the two remained friends.
In the first film, Jimmy Kennedy Randy is a horror movie geek and fellow Woodsboro high school student on the fringes of Sydney’s group of friends. He remains a suspect until the last moment of the first film when he is attacked by Sidney’s friend and half of the ghost who kills the duo, Billy Loomis. Randy, along with Sydney, Jill, and Dewey, are the only four main characters to live past the first film’s closing credits. Williamson said that Randy and Sydney were more like family than love interests after the first, harrowing events of the film. He told EW:
No, I thought he must always have a crush on him. He was always a likable kind of guy, and they were always meant to be friends. I think both Nev and Jimmy asked this question to Wes, and Wes pointed at me, and I was like, “Nah.” Yeah, he’d love it, and he also knows it’s not going to happen, and she knows it’s not going to happen, but they have this kind of fun thing. He flirts with her, and she takes up with him. They bond after the first movie. I think they are family at that point.
scream 2 He sees Randy attending the same college as Sydney, and the two become closer friends. After bonding over the traumatic events of the first film, Randy hooks up with Sydney in the second, and the two read more like brother and sister than love interests. One of the main criticisms of the second film was the death of Kennedy’s Randy Meeks. Williamson responded to critics about Shockingly why Randy was killed Too early to follow up. The writer said that the death of the fan-favorite character gave the series stakes moving forward. If you die in Scream Movie, it’s for good.
Now, all these years later, it’s a program Scream The saga continues, and while we don’t know much about it scream 6, what we know is that it has a stacked cast and will continue the legacy of horror started by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. Longtime fans of Scream Franchise may be interested in our list of 10 facts behind the scenes About the horror hit franchise. For everyone Upcoming horror movies coming to Schedule 2023stay tuned for CinemaBlend.
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