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Trivia: Early on in production, director Wes Craven knew he wanted the character Randy Meeks to appear to explain the rules of a trilogy. He briefly contemplated a reveal that Randy survived his apparent death in "Scream 2" and had gone into hiding, but decided that this would undermine the high stakes of the series. He instead settled on the idea of Randy having made a video-tape about the rules shortly before his death.

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Trivia: Originally, the ending was a bit different. Sidney's battle with Roman was shorter, with Sidney being more savage and easily killing him due to her trauma making her fight harder. Detective Kincaid was also absent. The studio felt that the ending was anticlimactic, and requested that it be reshot to show Sidney struggling more, and to give her a fake-out "death" to raise the stakes. They also added Kincaid to the final battle and last scene since they felt his character needed resolution.

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Trivia: The first "Scream" film not released around Christmas. It was meant to be released in December, 1999, but had to be delayed by two months due to reshoots.

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Trivia: Due to scheduling and casting issues, Patrick Dempsey was reportedly hired the night before he began filming and had to stay up most of the night trying to memorize lines for his first day.

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Trivia: At one point, it was not known whether Neve Campbell would be able to appear in the film as Sidney due to her hectic work schedule. The studio even considered writing out of the character. She eventually agreed to appear in the film, but was only able to be on-set for a few weeks.

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