Bruce Campbell

Trivia

• Once worked as a security guard at a beer brewery until a co-worker realized he was in The Evil Dead (1981).
• Has expressed an interest in working with Kevin Smith.
• Auditioned for the role of "Bruce Wayne/Batman" in Batman Forever (1995).
• He appeared in every project of Sam Raimi's (including both TV shows) until the mid-'90s, when his scenes were cut from The Quick and the Dead (1995).
• #22 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]
• Was the first choice to play Louis Creed in Pet Sematary (1989).
• Has been used several times by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (including twice as an uncredited soap opera actor).
• Long time friend and frequent collaborator Sam Raimi originally wanted him to play the lead role in Darkman (1990) but the producers refused to cast him because they didn't think he could handle it. He appears at the end of the film as "Final Shemp".
• He won the audition for the lead role in "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." (1993) by grabbing the back of his shirt collar and flipping himself. He then had to repeat the trick at every callback, totaling about 5 or 6 flips!.
• Recorded a full length commentary for Bubba Ho-tep (2002) in character as Elvis.

Quotes

• "It seemed that my lot in life was to either have big parts in small films or small parts in big films."
• "Don Coscarelli is a very passionate filmmaker. We got to a few points that we couldn't reconcile. I want to keep our friendship, so we parted ways. So I'm not part of that project."
• "I can't vouch for the script because they never gave us full scripts for Spider-Man (2002). They would only give you the pages, and they all had serial numbers, and if it ever wound up on the Internet, they would sue you and murder you and take your children."
• "If you go to Hollywood, you've already sold out. By the sheer act of going there, you're saying, 'I need to go there because this is the only way I can get my movie made.' Baloney! Indiana's the place to make your movie. Pontiac, Michigan. Whatever. Then you're just making it on the merits of the movie. You don't have to have any discussions about what's hip now. Who can we get to do the soundtrack? You can actually put a score to your movie instead of a soundtrack. I get this thing all the tim
• "Don't aspire to be a B-movie director, you'll be there soon enough."
• "For me, the first film was frankly about learning how to act. I can watch [The Evil Dead (1981)] from about halfway on without cringing . . . When Army of Darkness (1992) came around, we decided to make a different type of movie altogether and made an action-adventure picture with the same imbecile."
• "Thanks for being very loyal . . . they're very well-informed and they're very loyal. Tell 'em I'll need them on that opening weekend."
• "The movies that are the easiest to make are the hardest to watch."
• "A continent."
• "There is a large element of me in every role I do. Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying."