David Arquette on co-parenting daughter Coco with ex Courteney Cox: 'We have a really great relationship'

David Arquette says co-parenting with ex-wife Courteney Cox has made them closer as friends.

Cox, 56, and Arquette, 48, share 16-year-old daughter Coco Arquette.

"We're co-parents to our daughter who's 16, so we have a really great relationship," Arquette told Yahoo! Entertainment. "We're friends, and we've communicated a lot because of Coco."

The pair split in 2010 and finalised their divorce in 2013 after 14 years of marriage.

"We've just had — not an easy time with it," he added. "We've been really open and supportive of each other. We never went head-to-head [or] battled each other through the process of divorce and through the process of raising our kid, so it's made for a friendship and relationship that is out of respect."

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Aside from raising their 16-year-old daughter, the exes are also partnering on a new project. Arquette has signed on to return to his role as Sheriff Dewey Riley in the upcoming Scream reboot. Meanwhile, Cox will reprise her role as news reporter Gale Weathers.

Arquette and Cox met on the set of the first Scream film in 1996.

"We always love working together," Arquette told ET about teaming up on Scream 5. "She's an incredible actress, so it'll be fun to bring these characters back to life and see where they're at."

in 2011, Cox opened up to Entertainment Weekly about working with her ex on Scream 4 after their relationship off-camera had fallen apart.

"The thing is David and I love each other so much and we get along so well," she said at the time. "I love him so much. We are the closest of friends. I would say we're probably better now than we were during that movie. The movie was just a little bit of a tough time. I don't have the fondest memories of those particular moments during that film.

"We've moved past that phase. Some times were really fun. Some times we had a ball there! But it definitely was the beginning of some issues.

"We did have a great time no matter what, but there were some awkward moments. I don't remember us ever getting into a fight. It wasn't like that."