LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Are you watching a scary movie tonight on Halloween? One of the best scary movie franchises is Scream. During a stop at WAVE Country, actor David Arquette talked about it Scream with fans and sat down with me for an exclusive interview.

“Ghostface is a timeless character,” Arquette said. It was 1996 when David Arquette was cast in the first part Scream. “We had no idea it would even be such a big phenomenon. We didn’t know what it was really going to be,” Arquette recalls. “Changed the course of my life. I was supposed to die in the first movie.” But Deputy Dewey Riley didn’t die. He was there too Cry 2, 3, 4 and 5. Arquette said the character was originally written as an athlete. But Arquette told director Wes Craven he thought he could play the character well.

“It’s the most powerful film I’ve ever been a part of,” Arquette said. “The opportunity to play a character over a period of 25 years or so isn’t something you get that often.”

Arquette believes the franchise is so successful because the films took into account fans' love of horror films. He also said that the fight scenes with Ghostface involved a lot of stunts.

“Making these films is great,” Arquette said. “And when you see the real Ghostface, even though I've done all the movies, I'm like, oh, there's Ghostface. There he is.'” Arquette said he loves meeting fans, just like he did that night at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. “With Scream 5 And to reboot it with this whole kind of young generation, I don't know, just getting new legs and people discovering the old ones and we have all these different age fans now, it's pretty amazing.”

Arquette said. It was a demonstration of Scream 5 that his 20-year-old daughter with Courtney Cox, Coco, realized how big Scream Is.

“Usually your kids are kind of embarrassed. But for her to say, 'Oh wow,' that was a really proud moment.” His two boys haven't seen the film yet. But last Halloween, 10-year-old Charlie and 7-year-old Gus dressed up as Ghostface and Dewey.

“He looks just like me,” Arquette said. “We put on a little mustache. It was hilarious.”

Arquette and his wife Christina now live off Interstate 65 in Nashville.

“We have mini horses, mini pigs, mink, two little ducks, mini ducks and mini donkeys,” Arquette said.

Arquette is still playing. He will be there The Holy Trinity And Mafia cops. And he is also a painter.

“I’m a certified Bob Ross teacher,” Arquette said. “I know it’s a coincidence.”

Arquette has Dewey to thank for his life of action. When asked about a return Scream 7Arquette said, “It's a horror movie, so anything is possible.”

You have to wait a bit Scream 7. Publication is scheduled for February 2026.

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