Cotton Weary was a main character in Scream 2 (1997 film). He also makes a cameo appearance in the original film , and is the opening kill victim of the third film . A resident of Woodsboro , he had a secret affair with an older woman, Maureen Prescott , and was falsely accused and arrested of her rape and murder in late- September 1995 .

Gale and her new cameraman, Joel Jones, unsuccessfully try to stage a confrontation between Sidney and Cotton Weary, who is attempting to gain fame from his exoneration for the rape and murder of Sidney's mother, Maureen Prescott. That evening, Sidney and Hallie attend a party at the sorority house Delta Lambda Zeta.

Cotton : [Sidney runs backstage and locks herself in; She uses an axe to cause all the stage effects to land on Mrs. Loomis, finally using large bricks to crash down on to Mrs. Loomis; Sidney runs back out to the stage, where Mrs. Loomis tries attacking her with knife, but is stopped by Cotton, firing a gun] Don't you fucking move!

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Cotton Weary was a character in the Scream film series. He was a Woodsboro resident who Sidney Prescott sent to jail for the rape and murder of her mother, Maureen Prescott. He was released from prison after a year when Billy Loomis and Stu Macher revealed they killed Maureen and framed Cotton.

Oct 27, 2024 · Cotton Weary (Liev Schrieber) went from a cameo in Scream to a main character in Scream 2, and I'm glad he did, because he's an awesome cog in the movie. I'm also thankful the first Scream 2 script got leaked because his original part was much less effective.

Cotton Weary was a Woodsboro resident, who was sent to jail for the rape and murder of Maureen Prescott, because Sidney Prescott was sure she'd seen him leaving their home the night she discovered her mother's dead body.

Gale Weathers felt strongly about his innocence, feeling Maureen seduced Cotton and the killer planted incriminating evidence in his car to frame him, including his coat. Maureen's daughter, Sidney Prescott, was the key eye-witness in sending Cotton away to await execution.

I watched Scream 2 yesterday and I feel like I missed something. I was so confused about Cotton Weary’s presence. Why was he even in Sidney’s life at all, if she was part of the reason for his unlawful imprisonment?

Cotton Weary is a major character in the Scream franchise. He was a wrongly convicted man due to being framed by Billy Loomis for the murder of Sidney Prescott's mother Maureen, whom he had an affair with. He was portrayed by Liev Schreiber, who …