David: Dewey definitely improved, especially in the fifth film. They sent me the script, and I was going through it, and I was thinking, Dewey has a great role in this one! Then I got that part, and I was like, “Oh no!”
They had written that he was drinking a lot, and all this stuff. I thought, I don’t think it’s Dewey. He may be heartbroken, and his life may be falling apart, but I don’t see it that way. We even filmed a scene at the bar where he’s super drunk, and they cut it out or cut it down a lot.
Dewey was very hurt, you know, he was traumatized by all the murders and pain he went through – like losing his sister, which he never talked about enough, I think. He wanted to protect Sidney, and lost his relationship with Gale. I think he put a lot of pressure on him towards the end.
It’s kind of sad growing up; it’s an “anti-popular” thing to happen in a movie where a character doesn’t really win. It’s a sad thing for Dewey, in my opinion, because he’s the good guy.
There were times Scream 3 and Scream 4 where we sat down and had these conversations about what we think should happen. In both of those situations, I asked, “What if Dewey is the murderer?” And Wes said, “Dewey can ever be the murderer. He just can’t. It’s not in his nature.”
I think there was an element of Dewey’s humor that was definitely similar to Wes.