This story contains SPOILERS for Scream VI.
As reported byEntertainment Weekly,Scream VIwriters Guy Busick andJames Vanderbiltrecently spoke to EW about their history-making Gale Weathers scene in that latest installment of the franchise.InScream VI, Busick and Vanderbilt created a shocking momentthat shows the boyfriend ofCourteney Cox’sGale Weathers dying before the long-time franchise character takes on the iconic Ghostface.
However, the intensity of the phone call actually begins in the previous scene where Melissa Barrera’s Sam and Jenna Ortega’s Tara are walking through Central Park attempting to lure Ghostface while Hayden Panetierre’s Kirby, Mason Gooding’s Chad, and Jasmin Savoy Brown’s Mindy are monitoring the call from a van.
Vanderbilt told the outlet, “We realized Gale Weathers had never had a Ghostface phone call, which was a crazy kind of thing. It’s like, ‘How do we get six movies and never have a phone call?’ But on the other hand, it’s like, “Thank you so much, [Screamfranchise creator Kevin Williamson], that she’s never had a phone call because we get to finally do it.”
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The writer went on to say, “We loved also the idea that in theScream 2toVIkind of parallel, that you’re maybe waiting for the Randy character to go. So we wanted to play with that tension of, ‘Are we going to lose Mindy somewhere in this movie?’ Putting her in a similar scenario that Uncle Randy went out in. I love how it works out in the movie, with her explaining to Kirby why this is such a terrible idea: ‘And stab, stab, stab, no more Randy.'”
Vanderbilt continued, “And then to take that tension and transfer it over to Gale immediately… Because you’re like, ‘Well, someone’s probably going to die here.’ And then the twist being, he’s nowhere near us. He’s at this apartment on the Upper West Side. And then it’s like, ‘Oh, no!’ And hopefully that adds to the dread of, ‘Is this going to be the big death of this movie? Much like Randy in2, is Gale’s time at hand?'”
The writers also told EW that they wanted to sprinkle in some of the character’s signature witticisms. “Gale’s going to Gale,” said Busick.
EW additionally noted that during a previous chat with Cox, the star revealed that shooting that scene “took a little while.”
Cox said, “That was the bulk of my time filming. It was very physical.It was my favorite scene that I’ve ever had in aScreammovie because I got to really fight with Ghostface,” continues the actress, who did most of her own stunts in the scene. “I can’t believe that at this point in my life, I was able to do all that stuff. And I think the directors, they’re so great…[but] I was like, is this normal, me doing this? I loved it; it was great. I was proud of myself.”
