After being labled 'Woodsboro's finest', Deputy Dewey Riley remained in his home town while Randy Meeks and Sidney moved onto college. He came back after he heard about the murders at the multiplex, to protect Randy and Sidney. He and Gale Weathers tried to pick up their little romance where they had left off, but it was pushed aside when more people started showing up dead, like Randy. He nearly died himself when he and Gale started looking at her video's to see if they could find out who the killer was. The killer showed up and he was stabbed several times, trying to protect Gale. Fortunatly and amazingly, he survived.
DAVID ARQUETTE returns to SCREAM 2 as Dewey Riley, the former Sheriff's Deputy who sustained major injuries battling the Woodsboro killers who murdered his sister Tatum. He's retired from the force now, but willing to put his life on the line again for Sidney Prescott. In the year between making SCREAM and SCREAM 2, Arquette starred in the film adaption of the play "Life During Wartime", opposite Stanley Tucci and Kate Capshaw. He also co-produced and starred in "Dream with the Fishes", which was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Arquette gave a memorable performance in "Johns", which was seen at the 1996 Sundance Festival. He also appeared in the feature films "Wild Bill" and "Beautiful Girls". Born in Chicago, Arquette trained with his father, Lewis Arquette, at the Second City Theatre. He also leads the band Ear 2000.
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