| “ | If you're a rookie and find out your wife's pregnant, you do. If your partner's better looking than you, you do, and by the way... | ” |
–Hoss speaking to Anthony Perkins about cops dying in movies. | ||
Deputy Ross Hoss was a minor character in Scream 4 (2011 film). He was a Woodsboro police officer, co-assigned to guard Sidney Prescott with Deputy Anthony Perkins after an evidential threat was planted in her rental car.
Their guard location was at the Roberts household where they also guarded its occupants, Kate and Jill Roberts from Ghostface, as well as temporarily Jill's friend, Kirby Reed.
Ross was the fifth character to fall victim to the fourth Ghostface killing spree, also known as the Woodsboro Massacre Remake.
He was portrayed by Adam Brody.
Biography
Background
Ross was born in Woodsboro, California sometime in the 1980s.
During the timespan between the events of Scream 3 and Scream 4, Ross became a deputy police officer for the Woodsboro Police Department, working under Sheriff Dewey Riley.
The Woodsboro Massacre Remake (2011)
Deputy Ross Hoss, along with his partner Anthony Perkins and other cops, were seen talking to Deputy Judy Hicks and Sheriff Dewey Riley about Woodsboro High School student, Jenny Randall's phone ringing. It was found inside Sidney Prescott's rental car covered in blood.
When other Woodsboro High students, Jill Roberts and Olivia Morris, receive phone calls from Ghostface, Sheriff Riley assigns Ross and Anthony the task of protecting the Roberts household. That night, they notice an unfamiliar silhouette and leave their parked car to investigate it. While they are checking it out, Ghostface murders Olivia in her home.
Ross was later seen at the press conference with Anthony and Dewey at Woodsboro Community Hospital. Unfortunately, this is where Sidney's publicist and personal assistant, Rebecca Walters, was thrown on top of a news van after she was stabbed to death in the hospital's parking garage.
The next night, Ross went on his rounds checking around the Roberts household and found Jill's bedroom window open. When he went back to the car, Anthony appeared to be dead with his head against the steering wheel. However, it turned out that he was faking. Just as he started to laugh at having tricked Hoss, Ghostface appears and stabs Hoss in the back. Hoss falls to the ground, consciousless.
Hoss is stabbed by Ghostface.
After Kate Roberts' death, Deputy Judy Hicks arrives and Sidney tells her that Kate's dead. Hicks, seeing the body, later calls Dewey and reports the news on the late Kate while also mentioning that Hoss' and Perkins' bodies were found in their police car two blocks away with multiple stab wounds.
Relationships
Allies
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Enemies
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Trivia
- His initial casting call says "High school graduate, now a cop".
- Adam Brody, who portrayed Ross Hoss, had previously acted with Scream 3 actor, Lance Henriksen, in the 2009 horror film, Jennifer's Body.
- Brody later worked with future Scream (2022 film) directors, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, which led to him receiving a thank-you notice in the credits for the fifth film, as he is one of the high school voices heard eulogizing Wes Hicks after his demise (A reference to franchise veteran director Wes Craven).
- Early reports suggested Hoss and Perkins were going to be detectives rather than deputies.
Gallery
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Ross Hoss has a Photo Gallery. |
Appearances
- Scream 4 (2011 film)
Character Guide
| Scream 4 Characters | ||
| Principal Characters | Sidney Prescott • Gale Weathers • Dewey Riley • Ghostface | |
| Supporting Characters | Anthony Perkins • Charlie Walker • Jill Roberts • Judy Hicks • Kirby Reed • Kate Roberts • Olivia Morris • Rebecca Walters • Robbie Mercer • Deputy Hoss • Trevor Sheldon | |
| Stab Cameos | Sherrie • Trudie (Stab) • Chloe • Rachel | |
| Cameo Characters | Marnie Cooper • Jenny Randall • Dr. Danny Orth • Mr Baker | |
| Ghostface(s) | Jill Roberts • Charlie Walker | |