Scream 3: What If Jennifer Jolie Survived? Here's Parker Posey’s Take
139The Scream franchise has delivered quite a few iconic characters over the years, but Parker Posey’s Jennifer Jolie from Scream 3 continues to be a top-tier fan favorite.
Even though Jennifer Jolie, or rather, Judy Jurgenstern, appeared in the first two Stab movies as Gale Weathers, we don’t see her in the flesh in the Scream franchise until Scream 3, the installment that focuses on the production of Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro. When a new Ghostface targets the Stab 3 cast, Jennifer gets the chance to team up with her real-life counterpart, Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), and treat Scream fans to one of the most vibrant, hilarious, and hugely charming dynamics of the franchise.
As much as I would have loved endless screen time for Jennifer, her time does get cut short, but in the best possible way — Jennifer’s death is one of the best kill scenes of the series. While trying to navigate John Milton’s (Lance Henriksen) maze of a mansion, Jennifer finds herself trapped behind a one-way mirror. She can see Gale and Dewey (David Arquette), but they can’t see her. With nowhere to go and Ghostface closing in, she attempts to get their attention by banging on the mirror, but Dewey catches on too late. By the time he shoots out the glass, Ghostface has claimed another victim.
So yes, Jennifer Jolie is clearly dead, but we all know what happens when fan-favorite characters perish — survival theories emerge.
I’ve got zero patience for the “Stu (Matthew Lillard) lives” ideas. The guy was stabbed, electrocuted, and his head was smushed by a TV. He’s dead. And the recent suggestion that Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) could have survived the opening of Scream is utterly absurd. While I do think the same is true of Jennifer and a surprise survival would likely diminish the impact of one of the best kill scenes of the franchise, based on character condition in her final shot, she’s far more likely to have survived than Casey or Stu.
Again, firm believer she’s dead over here, but just to have a little fun with the idea, on a recent episode of Collider Ladies Night, I asked Posey what she thinks Jennifer would be up to had she survived the events of Scream 3, and her response was on point.
Check it out in this Collider Ladies Night After Hours clip and stay tuned for Posey's main Ladies Night episode coming soon!
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