It's tough for a marriage to last in Hollywood, and sadly,
many seem to have an expiration date. That was the case for Courteney Cox and David Arquette.
According to InStyle, the couple first met on the set of "Scream" in 1996.
"And, my ex wife. This is just, I can't go on. This is too painful."
“Come here.”
The movie turned out to be one of the most popular of the decade and has added a few
more installments to the franchise over the years. But their relationship didn't
quite start out with a bang for one of them, according to Arquette. He told Bang Media,
"Was it love at first sight? For me it was, but not for her. I had to trick her. We met
at a pre-party before we started filming 'Scream.' I was being a little cocky and Courteney was like,
'Ah, I've heard of you,' and we just kept flirting for a while."
"What is she doing here?”
“She's with me!"
At the time, Cox was also starring in "Friends."
The pair married in 1999 during a ceremony in San Francisco, and had one daughter together.
Sadly, their marriage came tumbling down in 2013, ultimately ending in divorce. Following the split,
Arquette spoke with Howard Stern about moving on from the marriage, explaining
that it was tough for him to be intimate with someone that was not his ex-wife. He admitted,
"It was the end of all the intimacy I shared with my wife.
It was like a new thing. It was like putting that away."
The two have since worked together and spilled the deets on what it was like.
"But, it's always fun to act opposite her, she's a tremendous actress so I'm excited for that."
Cox and Arquette have gone through a lot in their relationship, and most of it can be
pinpointed to which "Scream" installment they were filming. Cox told Yahoo! Entertainment in 2020,
"We met on 'Scream 1,' hated each other on 'Scream 2,'
got married on 'Scream 3,' and divorced on 'Scream 4.'"
In 2021
This new installment of the popular "Scream" franchise,
marked the first time the two appeared together on the silver screen since 2011. In an interview
with The New York Times, the pair talked about what it was like to reunite on set.
Calling it a "cathartic" experience to act opposite his wife again, he said,
"It's been 25 years of our lives. We've grown up together. We have a child together."
Cox then revealed that her ex-husband got a little emotional when they filmed their first
scene of the movie together — and yes, there were some tears shed by Arquette. Cox revealed,
"He said the next day the crew didn't look at him.
I could tell some people aren't comfortable with that level of emotion."
In another interview on "Late Night With Seth Meyers," Arquette said that,
despite his marriage ending in divorce,
the "Scream" franchise did give him one wonderful thing — his daughter Coco Arquette.
"Thank god for Wes Craven ‘cause I got a baby out of it. I mean,
not Wes Craven, thank Courteney Cox!"
Coco often makes appearances on her mom's social media pages. She may or may not be
following in her parents' footsteps in acting, but it's safe to say that she could have a
career in music. In August 2021, Cox shared an Instagram video of herself on the piano,
accompanied by her daughter Coco on the mic. The high school senior slayed her rendition of Adele's
hit "Chasing Pavements," which received rave reviews from Cox's fans. On the post, Cox wrote:
"I love my Coconut's voice."
The mother/daughter duo seem close, but don't expect Coco to watch her parent's films.
Cox explained that Coco has only seen part of Scream 1.
"She doesn't like to watch anything we do…”
“No”
"Ouch"
”I'm gonna make her watch this with her eyes open."
Cox also added that Coco may want to dabble in acting,
and admitted that she "uses" her daughter for Instagram posts — which Coco doesn't exactly love.
"Since she's going to be in this business,
I know... She'll have to get used to some eyes on her."
"Camera?"
We hope to see much more of the super-talented Coco in years to come!
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