Bruce Campbell on Making ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ without the Rights to ‘Army of Darkness’
I very much enjoy the gruesome splatterfest in Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead remake, but the new Starz series, Ash vs. Evil Dead, is what the franchise fans have really been waiting for. Bruce Campbell returns as everyone’s favorite arrogant yet lovable chainsaw-wielding Value Stop (formerly S-Mart) employee, Ash. He’s been pretty content working as a stock boy, hanging out in his trailer and picking up ladies by flaunting his fake hand, but when he accidentally winds up unleashing the evil of the Necronomicon, he’s got no choice but to arm up and take out some Deadites again.
The most striking quality of the Ash vs. Evil Dead pilot is how much it feels like it’s part of the original trilogy, which likely has a little something to do with the fact that it’s a Campbell/Sam Raimi reunion. While promoting the show’s October 31st debut, I got the opportunity to sit down with Campbell to discuss the process of picking additional directors to helm future episodes, why they couldn’t get the rights to Army of Darkness, how he was feeling about the future of the franchise after the release of the 2013 remake and much more.
By Perri Nemiroff
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They were smart and didn’t make any explicit references to Army of Darkness. I think the scene where Ash explains everything at the cabin is even more funny when you consider that he didn’t want to melt Pablo’s brain entirely by telling him “OH YEAH AND I GOT SUCKED INTO A TIME VORTEX AND FOUGHT THEM IN MEDIEVAL TIMES”
I could listen to Bruce talk about his bowel movements and find it compelling.
Good Interviewer, you can see that she is a fan.
a few Deadites watched this and disliked it
I love the fact that since this was recorded, they got the rights to AoD for season 2.
Stuff like this makes me think that Bruce Campbell didn't even know he was being filmed in AoD and ED2, he just is Ash Williams
Ash vs Evil Dead is possibly the most fun to watch TV show ever. Too many shows these days have their heads up their own ass that far that they completely forget about fun.
whoa he's got two hands?!
I freakin' love Bruce. I look forward to his Oscars acceptance speech one day. I can understand them overlooking DiCaprio but Campbell??! This is a conspiracy.
The only two men who are above all others on this planet. Bruce Campbell and Bill Murray. They need to do a project together.
The man bleeds charisma
"We're not going to fight city hall anymore."
The way he talks, you realize he IS Ash haha. "See ya later alligator dont let the door hit ya on the ass on the way out"
Thank you SO MUCH Collider for getting this interview with Bruce. It's nice to have a serious interview with BrUce without him being a smart ass.
Bruce numbering things "1 ... and B ...." is so perfectly an Ash move.
Aah, so that's why there is no medieval mechanical hand or S-Mart.
I would watch Bruce in anything he ever wanted to be in... love this guy
If I can be anywhere close to how Bruce Cambell is at 57, I'm going to be doing alright. The man just is on top!
I love Bruce and Sam so much. They both are so not afriad to tell it how it is when it comes to Hollywood. They never beat around the bush and always shoot straight with how things work
Funny that Ash appears as one of the characters in the Telltale game Poker Night 2, and there they got the rights from MGM! So in that game he's referred to as Ash "from Army of Darkness", and there are a lot of references to the movie, but they can't mention anything from Evil Dead 1 or 2. The complete opposite.