David Arquette ‘Actually Excited’ to See Scream 7

Speaking with TooFab ahead of the discharge of his new movie, The Good Half — a movie about dealing with grief — Arquette was requested whether or not or not he’s completely grieved the shortage of Dewey, after his character was killed off in brutal fashion throughout the fifth movie.

“I do know, it’s truly nonetheless sad to me. Dewey was such an honor to play and be a part of these films and get to work with Wes and this unbelievable cast as properly. It has been a grieving course of,” he talked about.

Arquette appeared throughout the first film once more in 1996, having fun with a cop and love curiosity to Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers. Because the flicks went on, the connection on-screen lastly fell apart, with Dewey transferring once more to Woodsboro after Gale turned a morning current host in NYC. He was killed whereas defending one in every of many fifth Scream’s new cast members, Jenna Ortega’s Tara Carpenter.

“It was a tricky film to film, understanding that was occurring,” Arquette talked about of the requel. “After which one in every of many more durable parts was understanding what the film had and doing press and by no means talking about it, or kind of stretch the fact and unlikely reveal one thing. That was pretty exhausting for me.”

“Nonetheless I’ve accepted [his death] and I’m going to attempt to keep in mind the good situations,” he added.

Arquette clearly sat out the sixth film, which was moreover the first movie throughout which Neve Campbell didn’t appear, following a wage dispute with the studio. After the exits of every Ortega and Melissa Barrera from the seventh film, along with director Christopher Landon, Campbell and Cox had been launched once more on board — with Kevin Williamson, who wrote Scream 1, 2 and 4, coming into into the director’s chair.

“There’s extreme FOMO,” Arquette talked about of seeing the gathering proceed with out him.

“I’m truly excited to see what Kevin does since he wrote the first one and he’s such a tremendous filmmaker and artist and creator,” he added of Williamson. “How he understands that world, it is going to be truly attention-grabbing to see his sort out it and bringing your entire genuine crew once more collectively, it’s a really FOMO second.”

The Good Half hits theaters August 16.