Rebecca Walters

"Yes, it's true! Two girls... butchered. Payday."

- Rebecca to Henry.

Rebecca Walters was a major character in Scream 4 (2011 film). She was Sidney Prescott's publicist for the New York Times best-selling self-help book, Out of Darkness as well as her personal assistant. Her character is an homage to Gale Weathers in the original film.

Despite being Sidney's publicist and assistant, she did not read the book, did not understand Sidney's message and told her to accept that she was "a victim for life" and urged her to exploit her traumas for professional gain. Rebecca chose Woodsboro, California as a "lame PR move" for Sidney to promote her book, but she later felt it was her "best idea ever" due to the commencement of the Woodsboro Massacre Remake.

Rebecca was the fourth character to fall victim to the fourth Ghostface killing spree. She was portrayed by Alison Brie.

15th Anniversary Woodsboro Remake Murders (2011)
Rebecca first appears getting out of her car with her boss, Sidney Prescott, after arriving in Woodsboro for her book signing. She asks her about the display, and Sidney says it is nice. She tells her that she told the owner she would kill his cat if she did not get it right. Sidney laughed, responding "Nice", believing Rebecca's behavior to be snarky and humorous. She is frustrated with Sheriff Dewey Riley 's appearance at Sidney's book signing, and asks him to wait. They have traced the co-ordinates of the scene of the crime to Sidney's rental car. Rebecca gives Dewey the keys. It becomes an official crime scene due to several Ghostface props, blood, and copies of Sidney's Out of Darkness novel being found in the trunk.

Rebecca is later seen outside the police station after the incident, where she unintentionally winds up Gale Riley. She claims she didn't get to say something earlier at the bookstore but she is extremely excited to meet "Gale Weathers" as she was her nineties. Rebecca goes on a tangent about the movie, Stab, and inappropriately makes comments comparing the movie romance to Gale's marriage with Dewey. She manages to get Gale's attention again but in a negative way. Gale threatens Rebecca, scaring her off.

When Sidney and Jill are at Woodsboro Hospital after Olivia's death and Jill's attack, Sidney finally gets fed up with Rebecca's prissy, inconsiderate attitude. Rebecca attempts to lock Sidney into three more book deals, and a new promotional cycle. She learns Rebecca has not read her book and fires her. As Rebecca is going into the parking garage to leave, telling herself that Sidney will come around and re-hire her in the morning, she gets a phone call from Ghostface. Charlie or Jill mockingly pretends to look for Sidney.

Following this, Rebecca left the hospital main entrance to take the elevator to the parking garage structure on floor 6. After noticing the faultiness of the elevator with its light flickers and metallic clanging, she received a call from Ghostface, and still acts as Sidney's assistant.

Unbeknownst to her, she is the target. When she tried to escape in her car, Charlie Walker leaps on the vehicle, flaunting the destroyed electrical wires from the car hood. After Charlie disappeared when another car appeared, he popped out of no-where again, and she ran to the staircase exit. However, he already loosened the door handle, causing her to break it before she could escape. He then stabbed her in the abdomen, and carried her 4 stories up to be thrown off the structure. Rebecca screamed and died upon impact with the news van 10 stories down.

After telling him that she is at the hospital with Sidney, Ghostface calls her a liar, informing her that he knows she is in the parking garage. Afraid, Rebecca gets into her car to find her car is dead and Ghostface on the hood with wires in his hand. Getting out of the car when she is convinced he disappeared, she runs to the door to get back into the hospital elevator but the handle breaks off in her hand. Turning, she is stabbed in the stomach by Ghostface.

Meanwhile, down at the entrance of the hospital, Dewey is holding a press conference informing everyone, that everything is under control. Then, Ghostface throws Rebecca off the parking lot, where she screams to her death, and she lands on a news van.

Deleted scenes
In the original shot version of Rebecca’s death, she leaves the hospital going into the parking garage. After Ghostface taunts her over the phone and she responds by telling him that she's at the hospital with Sidney, she heads towards her car only to see the alarm go off while the car is moving and bumping (and sees other cars have this same issue).

She flees to the other side of the parking garage and runs. Ghostface tells her that if she wants to go to the hospital, he'll be glad to put her there, "In the f*cking morgue!" She continues to flee until she sees another car at the end moving and Ghostface jumping out from behind it. She screams and runs towards the hospital's elevator door but the handle breaks off in her hand. Turning around, she is stabbed in the stomach by Ghostface and slumps to the ground. Then Ghostface takes her body and drags her to the edge of the parking garage where he throws her off. Like the scene shown in the movie, she lands on the news van and dies. Rebecca is shown in another deleted scene on the DVD Bluray release where she is at the Roberts' house and sees Sidney looking at some old pictures above the fireplace in the living room. Rebecca asks who it is in the photo and Sidney says that it's her mother. Rebbeca tells Sidney she booked a spare room for her at the Double Tree as well. Sidney says, however, she'll be staying with Kate and Jill instead. Rebecca appears indifferent about this and leaves the house, telling Sidney that she will be at the hotel if she needs her.
 * This version technically makes more sense, as it is peculiar why Rebecca would enter her car after receiving a phone call from Ghostface and then noticing her alarm issue. Following this, she also does not use the alarm issue to her advantage when another car passes by, and instead screams, nor does she call the police in the final cut version.
 * It was likely re-shot for pacing and suspense-building reasons.

Allies

 * Sidney Prescott - Former Boss
 * Gale Weathers
 * Dewey Riley †

Enemies

 * Jill Roberts † - Killer
 * Charlie Walker † - Killer

By Rebecca

 * "Oh my fucking god, Henry! Yes, it's true! Two girls... butchered. Payday. I was so not feeling Woodsboro. I was like, "Lame PR move", right? Well, fuck me wow. Best. Idea. Ever."
 * "Told the owner I'd kill his cat if he didn't get it right." (About the book tour display for Out of Darkness).
 * "Can this wait, Barney Fife? I'm running an event here."
 * "When I was a kid, it was all about", (imitates holding a microphone), "Top Story with Gale Weathers. You were my nineties!"
 * "I booked Today, The View, Nancy Grace, MTV News..."
 * "Accept your situation. You're a victim... for life. So accept it. Embrace it. Use it."
 * "I know you care about your readers, all those little downtrodden fucks that just need a light at the end of their tunnel so they don't jump off a bridge. And a lucky break like this, I'm talkin' a hundred percent increase in sales, minimum. That's maybe a million more people get your message and you gat a ton more checks. Win win."
 * "...Thought I'd wait for the movie..."

About Rebecca

 * "Excuse me, can I ask you a question? Did you read my book?" (Sidney to Rebecca)
 * "I won't be needing you anymore. (...) You're fired." (Sidney to Rebecca)
 * "In about two seconds, I'm gonna revitalize your face with my tarnished brand." (Gale to Rebecca)

Trivia

 * The reason for her death was left unaccounted for in explicit dialogue.
 * However, it is clear that Rebecca was targeted due to being in close proximity to Sidney. Anyone close to Sidney needed to be thinned out before she would be vulnerable. As well as this, Charlie wanted Sidney to appear at Cinema Club.
 * Unbeknownst to Jill and Charlie, however, Sidney had just fired her, and was not fond of Rebecca, meaning her death was pointless.
 * She is the third Gale-esque foil character in the sequels, following Debbie Salt in Scream 2 and Jennifer Jolie in Scream 3. This trend is discontinued in the fifth film.
 * Considering Jill would have been under police watch in the hospital amid recovery from her stab wound, Charlie committed the attack in the parking garage and carried a stabbed Rebecca 4 stories up. (While the hospital scenes are deleted featuring Trevor and Kate, Jill still suggests to Sidney about going to the hospital, where we later see Sidney in for her x-ray results). It is also later implied Trevor was at least questioned about his phone after Olivia's murder, as Kirby asks, "isn't your phone missing?", meaning that while the scenes did not technically happen, they at least existed in some capacity off-screen.
 * Charlie also does not target Rebecca in the hospital itself, but rather the deserted parking lot, much later in the night.
 * A clue in her culprit is through the technical elements of Rebecca's death, with the killer destroying the electrical components of her car, mangling the electrical unit of the elevator, and carrying her in a wounded position 4 stories up to the top floor, and throwing her off. It is unlikely Jill would have the time to do this, especially after Olivia's murder when she is to portray a victim in distress and fear of being targeted.
 * Also, in the final act, Charlie waves his own tech yet again in someone's face, indicating he is the one who leapt up on Rebecca's car to show he has prevented her escape.
 * Prior to filming, it was revealed that two characters' sides and casting calls had been merged into one. These turned out to be Bette and Rebecca.
 * Bette's casting cell states: "Sidney's personal assistant. Type A who gets the job done. Secretly yearns for Sidney's fame and fortune."
 * Rebecca's casting cell states: "Cute, vain over-achieving student at Woodsboro High School. Editor in Chief of the high school newspaper. She's a future Gale Weathers."
 * In the script, Rebecca's last name is "Reed", and in the casting call Bette's last name was "Mankiewicz".

Appearances

 * Scream 4 (2011 film)