“ | Ha. Tom Prinze, watch your show all the time. You're so right. Pop Culture is the politics of the 21st Century. (...) And that story that you did last month on me crashing my car… wow, was that ever powerful journalism. (…) I especially liked the way you implied that it was caused by drinking and drugs and that the tire blowout was faked. That was great. | ” |
–Tom confronts Gale Weathers over her tabloid journalist lies. |
Tom Prinze was a supporting character in Scream 3 (2000 film). He was an actor who was cast as Dewey Riley in the cancelled Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro after David Schwimmer chose not to reprise the role.
He was the fifth person to fall victim to the third Ghostface killing spree, also known as the Hollywood Murders.
He was portrayed by Matt Keeslar.
Biography[]
The Hollywood Murders (2000)[]
Tom Prinze portrays Dewey Riley in the cancelled third Stab installment, replacing David Schwimmer.
He speculates Sidney Prescott is Cotton Weary's killer, and jokes of her reclusion. Later, he expresses skepticism over Angelina Tyler's innocent, innocuous act. The film is cancelled after the death of their other co-star, 35-year-old, Sarah Darling.
The wrap party occurs at Jennifer Jolie's house, following the film's cancellation. Tom is drunk, grieving Sarah's loss, as well as showing general frustration with the events that have occurred.
After witnessing Steven Stone's death, Dewey ordered everyone back inside, where Ghostface (Roman Bridger) repeatedly calls his victims, toying with them, as he presents them parts of a screenplay he has written himself, by sending them via fax machine.
The screenplay would ultimately tell which one of them would be granted mercy. When Ghostface cuts the power to the house, Dewey sends everyone out back near the pool, fearing the killer would enter Jennifer's house.
Tom, who was anxious to know who would survive the ordeal, ran back inside, and went to read the final fax. As the final fax came through, he read it out loud: And the killer will give mercy to whoever...
Death[]
As Gale, Dewey, Jennifer, and Angelina stood outside, Tom exclaims he can't read anything, ran to another room, and uses a lighter to see the paper. Then he continued to read: Whoever smells the gas....' As he read the final word, a massive flame engulfs him, filling the entire room with fire, and a huge explosion ensued, resulting in the destruction of Jennifer's home.
Ghostface had opened a gas leak and filled the entire house with gas. Later, Angelina appears affected by his death.
Allies[]
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Quotes[]
The following are quotes from Tom Prinze:
- "Not meant to be? You win that new talent search for the new Sidney. 50,000 girls and they pick you? You gotta be praying that this movie keeps going."
- "Oh, cue the violins, right."
- "Hey, what if the killer is Sidney Prescott? I mean, whatever happened to her? She's probably off living in the woods, like the fuckin' unabomber, man."
- "I'm coping."
Trivia[]
- He was described as "a Hollywood poster boy. Very cool. Not so debonair" in the script.
- Paul Walker, Josh Hartnett, James Van Der Beek, and Jonathan Jackson were considered for the role before it went to Matt Keeslar.
- The original script included a scene in which Tom asks Angelina out, is turned down, and then tries the same thing with Tyson, who also turns him down. It's unknown if this was even filmed, or simply cut for time since Angelina not being single was only important in the original intended ending. On the DVD commentary, Wes Craven comments about cutting this scene, but only mentions Tom asking Angelina out, so it is probable that some version was filmed, which may or may not include Tom's bisexuality.
- In the Japanese dub, he is voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa.
- He is the first character in the franchise to have a fire related death, being killed in an explosion.
- Next would be Seth Branson in Season 2 of the TV Series, who burns to death in a house fire.
- Manny from Season 3 would succeed him more directly, and whose death is a reverse, seeing as Manny was killed due to hiding in a car, and before dying in Kym's burning car which exploded with him inside (like Tom in Jennifer's house), Manny had asthma, and wasn't a smoker, whereas Tom wasn't and did smoke, whose own lighter caused his demise. Both are also killed by Ghostface.
- Amber Freeman was the 4th character in the franchise and first female to have a fire related death, being set on fire and then shot in the head.
- Unlike Tom or Manny, Amber was Ghostface, thus making her the first killer in the franchise to have a fire related death.
- His name is a combination of the actors Tom Cruise and Freddie Prinze Jr.
- Interestingly enough, there was a character named Bobby Prinze in Scary Movie (2000 film), which is a parody of the Slasher Genre. Bobby is a parody of Freddie Prinze Jr's character, Ray Bronson from I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).
- In the original script, Angelina killed Tom.
- He is the first and only victim in the franchise to walk into and be killed with some sort of trap. Other victims in the franchise have either been lured, injured and indirectly killed with traps.
- Jake Fitzgerald walks into a bear trap and is later killed by the Lakewood Slasher (Kieran Wilcox) with a scythe.
- Emma Duval accidentally steps on a trip wire which results in her boyfriend Will Belmont being sliced in half with a machine.
- Marcus Elliot also, like Emma, accidentally set off a car compacter that resulted in the death of Luther Thompson being crushed and killed due to being trapped, in chains and laid down.
- The Shallow Grove Slasher (Tom Martin) places Sid's dead body to lure Sheriff Carpenter just before killing him with sheers.
Gallery[]
Tom Prinze has a Photo Gallery. |
Appearances[]
- Scream 3 (2000 film)
Character Guide[]
Scream 3 Characters | ||
Principal Characters | Sidney Prescott • Gale Weathers • Dewey Riley • Ghostface | |
Recurring Supporting Characters | Randy Meeks • Cotton Weary | |
Supporting Characters | Angelina Tyler • Christine Hamilton • Jennifer Jolie • John Milton • Mark Kincaid • Martha Meeks • Roman Bridger • Sarah Darling • Steven Stone • Tom Prinze • Tyson Fox | |
Recurring Minor Characters | Neil Prescott • Maureen Prescott • Hank Loomis | |
Ghostface | Roman Bridger |