Cotton Weary — Scream Character Profile

About Cotton Weary

Wrongly accused man turned media personality, seeks redemption.

Cotton Weary — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Media navigation, Resilience, Public speaking

• Strength: 6/10
• Intelligence: 7/10
• Charisma: 7.5/10
• Morality: 6/10
• Influence: 7/10

Quick Facts about Cotton Weary

Nationality

American

Cotton Weary appears in 3 titles

• Scream (1996)
• Scream 2 (1997) — character page
• Scream 3 (2000) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Liev Schreiber

Appears in

Scream (1996)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Cotton Weary — Conflict False Accusation — Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich)

  Billy's actual crime frames Cotton, creating a parallel injustice storyline.

• Cotton Weary — Professional Journalist & Subject — Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox)

  Professional dynamic where Gale's reporting directly impacts Cotton's reputation and freedom.

• Cotton Weary — Social Shared Trauma/Connection — Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell)

  Indirect link through past violence that shapes Sidney's psychological state.

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More characters from Scream

• Dewey Riley (David Arquette)
• Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell)
• Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox)
• Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich)
• 'The Voice' (voice) (Roger L. Jackson)
• Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore)
• Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard)
• TV Reporter #2 (Tony Kilbert)
• Mrs. Tate (Lois Saunders)
• Hank Loomis (C.W. Morgan)
• Casey's Mother (Carla Hatley)
• Mrs. Riley (Frances Lee McCain)