25 Facts About Gale Weathers

Gale Weathers is a fictional character of the Scream film series, created by Kevin Williamson and portrayed by Courteney Cox.

Gale Weathers is the only character who has appeared in every film in the series.

Gale Weathers appears in the Scream films as an ambitious, strong-willed journalist and writer who is initially built up as an antagonist, but ultimately joins forces with Sidney Prescott and Dewey Riley, the latter of whom she eventually falls in love with and marries, in order to investigate and stop the Ghostface murders.

Gale Weathers has chemistry throughout the film with Deputy Dewey Riley as they investigate the murders.

Gale Weathers has written a successful book on the events that took place in the first film called The Woodsboro Murders that has turned into a film called Stab.

However, the bullet bounces off Gale Weathers's ribs, allowing her to survive.

Unlike the first two films, Gale Weathers has no intention of getting a good story or seeking fame.

Gale Weathers is reunited with Dewey after meeting the actress who portrays her, Jennifer Jolie.

Gale Weathers is attacked by Ghostface, but is saved by Dewey.

Gale Weathers survives the climax in the Hollywood home of John Milton.

Now married for ten years and having taken on her husband's name, Gale Weathers tries to reinvent herself by writing fiction but struggles with writer's block.

Gale Weathers decides to work alone and goes undercover at a Stab-a-thon party, where she believes the killer will strike next.

Gale Weathers distracts Jill in the final confrontation long enough for Sidney to shock Jill with a defibrillator before shooting her in the heart.

Sheriff Judy Hicks and her son Wes have been murdered and Gale Weathers meets with Sam and, when learning that she knew Wes and used to get in trouble a lot with Judy, Gale Weathers consoles her.

Gale Weathers is shocked to learn that Dewey, following his inability to properly protect the citizens of Woodsboro, had been asked to resign from his position as Sheriff.

Gale Weathers is devastated and informs Sidney, who returns to Woodsboro after being filled in on the issue.

Sidney and Gale Weathers both try to convince Sam to help them take down Ghostface but Sam decides to take Tara and leave Woodsboro with Richie.

When paramedics, police, and news reporters arrive, Sam thanks Sidney and Gale Weathers before heading to the hospital with Tara.

Gale Weathers decides to let Amber and Richie die in anonymity and instead write a book about Dewey and what a good man he was.

Scream VI picks up around a year later and reveals that Gale Weathers has gone back on her word and written a book about the events that took place in Scream, causing Samantha and Tara Carpenter to resent her, although Gale Weathers is shown to not feel good about doing so.

Gale Weathers manages to use her investigative skills to locate an abandoned theatre which has been turned into a shrine, memorializing all past Ghostface victims and killers.

Gale Weathers is later seen in her apartment, where she is revealed to have a new boyfriend, who is quickly murdered by Ghostface.

The paramedics then reveal Gale Weathers has a very weak pulse and is taken to hospital for medical attention, and it is later revealed at the end of the movie that Gale Weathers has survived her attack.

The production wanted a recognizable face for the role of news reporter Gale Weathers, offering it to both Brooke Shields and Janeane Garofalo.

The character of Gale Weathers was directly spoofed in the 2000 film Scary Movie, a parody of '90s slasher films, particularly Scream, Scream 2, and I Know What You Did Last Summer.