David Arquette Explained That ‘Scream 3’ Was Bad Due to Constant Script Changes
By George Robbins
With news of the upcoming ‘Scream 5’ comes more information about previous entries in the series from the actors themselves. The upcoming sequel is going to be the first film in the franchise that was not worked on by the late Wes Craven. He was known for his work over the years and how he went about making his movies with some kind of message in mind while working on them. Usually, his films were something of a satire on other films in the same genre and usually they come off as being very subtle. This subtleness is what caused a lot of his films to just go straight over the heads of those watching them. That aside, even if the movies ended up being glossed over by the general public, they were usually good movies.
Craven’s movies were all considered to be pretty good for the most part and almost every entry in the ‘Scream‘ franchise was received well critically. I say almost every one because the third film in the franchise is known to be the worst one out of all four of the Craven-made ‘Scream’ movies. This has been something that has been up for some debate as many people know about how the film was made and what the process was like from the people who worked on the movie, but there is always something more. With the third ‘Scream’ film there were, apparently, many changes made to the script while the movie was in development. This is seen as potentially the biggest cause for why the movie didn’t do so well.
Among those who feel that the constant changes in the script were the reason for why the movie wasn’t so great is David Arquette. Arquette is known for his role as Dwight “Dewey” Riley in the ‘Scream’ film franchise and everyone knows that he has been a mainstay in the series since the beginning. He will be continuing to play his role in the upcoming sequel, and as such, he has spoken to people lately about the franchise as a whole and among that discussion was the topic of ‘Scream 3.’ It was widely regarded as being a bad movie in general and Arquette himself believes that the reason for this is the aforementioned constant script changes. Throughout the film’s development, the script was changed multiple times which messed with the plot and pacing of the film. Hopefully this sort of thing doesn’t end up happening for ‘Scream 5.’