The Story Behind Drew Barrymore’s Iconic Look in ‘Scream’ Opening Scene

“What’s your favorite scary movie?” It’s the line in the 1996 Wes Craven horror film “Scream” that should immediately trigger the iconic image of Drew Barrymore in a short blond wig. For horror genre fans, the opening scene of “Scream” was a masterclass in film-making when (spoiler alert) the star gets killed off in the first fifteen minutes. It was Barrymore’s idea, too. (She was a silent producer.) Barrymore — who was originally attached to play Sidney Prescott — wanted the role of Casey, the high school teen who gets brutally murdered after a back-and-forth horror movie trivia game over the phone with the killer. “I thought what if I die? It’ll be like all bets are off, anybody could get killed in this movie,” the actress said in a recent segment during “The Drew Barrymore Show.” “I thought this was the best way that I could serve this movie and this script that I so believed in.” Twenty-five years later and her costume from the movie stills holds up, with fans still recreating the look for Halloween to this day. Here, FN caught up with costume designer Cynthia Bergstrom to recount how the ensemble came together. Drew Barrymore said on her talk-show that she

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