20 Things You Probably Missed From Scream 2

3. David Arquette's Father Plays The Sheriff

Scream 2 Matthew Lillard
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Chief Lewis Hartley is a minor character in the movie who heads up the investigation into the Windsor College murders, has a thorough disdain for Cotton and ends up assigning two cops to act as Sidney's bodyguards.

Chief Hartley is in fact played by Lewis Arquette, father of David, a veteran character actor who amassed 140 acting credits over a quarter-century acting career prior to his passing in 2001.

That he ends up playing a more senior officer alongside his real-life son is just too perfect, and yet not on-the-nose enough that it would distract even those aware of the relation.

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