Scream 2 Original Script -

: While she was in this script as "Debbie Salt," she was more of a puppet master who ultimately intended to frame Cotton Weary for the murders.

Here are a few excerpts from the script: scream 2 original script

Test readers (and Craven himself) felt that making Hallie a killer was too cynical. Scream is dark, but it has a heart. The relationship between Sidney and Hallie was the only pure friendship Sidney had. To destroy that—to make her best friend a traitor—would have broken the character beyond repair for Scream 3 . Craven famously protected Sidney’s psychological arc, and Hallie’s betrayal would have turned Sidney into a permanently paranoid recluse, ending the franchise’s hopeful undercurrent. : While she was in this script as