the other killer is later revealed to be Richie. Following a confrontation with the killers, Sidney is stabbed by Amber. However, with the help of an injured Gale, the pair subdue and light Amber on fire, before she is shot in the head by Tara (Jenna Ortega), Sam's teenage half-sister. After Sam kills Richie, Sidney provides mental reassurance for her, as Sidney and Gale wait for the ambulance transportation to the hospital for her injuries. Character overview Personality In a 2022 interview promoting the fifth Scream film, Campbell described Sidney as a symbol of strength and a person who refuses to be a victim. When asked about Sidney's cultural impact, she inferred that the character offered significant meaning to fans. She identified the fans who related to Sidney as being people who felt "misunderstood" and "shut down some way in their life [and] had to push a glass ceiling", or been subjected to bullying. She expressed appreciation for the character's role as a symbol of resilience and hope for anyone who struggles with bullying, especially in their youth and that her actions in the films give fans and audience goers the "confidence that they can overcome". Like with Dawson's Creek, Sidney's character was partly rooted in writer Kevin Williamson's own experiences. Referring to her trust issues, Williamson in a 2021 interview stated, “One of the things I’ve wrestled with is trust, and Sidney trusted no one,” he explains. “Did she really know her mother? Is her boyfriend who he says he is? In the end she wasn’t even trusting herself.” He further commented on an LGBT allegory for the character, stating the final girl trope spoke to Williamson's own sexuality. He stated, “As a gay kid, I related to the final girl and to her struggle because it’s what one has to do to survive as a young gay kid, too. You’re watching this girl survive the night and survive the trauma she’s enduring. Subconsciously, I think the Scream movies are coded in gay survival.” Writing Born in 1979, Sidney grows up an only child, though Scream 3 depicts a revelation that she is actually the secondborn child of Maureen Prescott (née Roberts) following Roman Bridger (Scott Foley) nine years prior. Sidney's residence in the fictional town of Woodsboro is known as 34 Elm Street, a nod to Scream director Wes Craven's previously directed horror film A Nightmare on Elm