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Ask Bruce Campbell Anything...
Posted by
chrisd
on Mon Nov 12, 2001 07:40 PM
from the eyeballs-on-my-shoulder-make-me-happy dept.
from the eyeballs-on-my-shoulder-make-me-happy dept.
Bruce Campbell has a new book out (If Chins Could Kill) and I thought it would be fun
for Slashdot to interview him in our charming, enigmatic way. Bruce should be familiar to you though such films as the Evil Dead (include Army of Darkness) and ,well, anything Sam Raimi has ever done. The book
is a lot of fun. As usual, moderate up your favorite questions, and I'll pass on the highest scoring ones to Bruce so that he can reply to 8 or so. Bruce has a
website for you to check it. It's
got a FAQ and bio for you to examine.
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Darkman? (Score:3, Interesting)
Computer game experience (Score:4, Interesting)
Jim Carrey (Score:5, Interesting)
Doom movie (Score:4, Interesting)
Perspective (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Perspective (Score:4, Funny)
Icebreaker (Score:3, Interesting)
Cheers,
Eöl
Bruce.... (Score:4, Interesting)
Which role do you find you are most like....and why...?
(My bets are on Ash, but then, they would be....)
Also, did you have a little thing going with Gabrielle from Xena?
Finally, If you were asked to write a film now, what would it be about...
One thing I've been wondering... (Score:4, Interesting)
Favorite character? (Score:5, Interesting)
hail to the king, baby. (Score:3, Interesting)
Ideal TV Show? (Score:5, Interesting)
Duke Nukem (Score:5, Interesting)
Being "B-Grade" (Score:5, Interesting)
You're well-known and very liked (probably moreso than the hunk-of-the-month actors), but is it frustrating to feel typecast in that way, or fulfilling to be successful, albeit not in the stereotypical hollywood sense?
Women (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Women (Score:4, Funny)
What do you want to do? What haven't you done? (Score:5, Interesting)
I guess there's lots of ancillary questions that could go with this. Like "What do you wish you had done (but maybe turned down)?" Or "What do you wish you hadn't done?" And "How much does it take for you to do something that you're not all that interested in?" (not necessarily money, I guess -- it could be a bad part with a good director or something, right?). And one more: If you weren't an actor (or wanted to quit tomorrow or whatever), what is it you would do?
Like I said, maybe kinda lame. But I've found you can tell a lot about someone by both their desires and their regrets. Being quite a fan or yours, I'm curious.
BTW, thanks for everything you done for those of us on the other side of the screen.
-B
One-liners (Score:3, Troll)
Pseudonymns "Pete Perkinson" and "Roc Sandstorm" (Score:5, Interesting)
The Raimi's (Score:5, Interesting)
Could you comment on working with the Raimi's? Obviously you're friends, but anecdotes, personal commentary, and so on would be great. Basically I'd like to get some insights into your friendship with them and the sort of chemistry you have with that particular dastardly duo. Comparisons (favorable and otherwise) to other people you've worked with are also more than welcome.
Whoa... (Score:4, Flamebait)
Remakes and Special Editions (Score:5, Interesting)
You've been an actor, director, and producer. Pick whatever hat you want to answer.
Brisco County Jr. on DVD (Score:5, Interesting)
Doom movie? (Score:3, Interesting)
A long time ago (mid 90's) I heard about a movie based on Doom in which you were to star. If this ever was in the works, what happened? It might not have been a classic of it's time, but it would have rocked.
If not, please disregard =)
Batman? (Score:5, Interesting)
High School Question (Score:5, Interesting)
Have you ever banged... (Score:4, Funny)
Any of your assistants?
Any of your interns?
Gillian Anderson?
Pamela Anderson?
Jean Claude Van Damme?
Jean Luc Picard?
Xena Warrior Princess?
Catwoman?
Yvonne Craig?
Anyone remotely famous?
My sister-inlaw?
Margret Thatcher?
Anyone dead (evil or otherwise)?
Winona Ryder?
Howard Stern?
Heidi Wall?
Willow?
Buffy?
Any of your family?
Someone too drunk to notice?
The chick who turned gay with Melissa Etheridge?
Love Bug (Score:5, Interesting)
What was it like playing second fiddle to an annoyingly cute little car?
What was it like working with Dean Jones?
Cult of the Campbell (Score:5, Interesting)
Question: Did you ever get a chance to do battle?
Followup: You seem to be mostly stereotyped towards wise cracking blue collar type characters; what are your thoughts about the fan/cult base built around you when it seems to concentrate on the cult films as opposed to the more serious work that you've tried to do? Do you feel hindered in getting 'blockbuster' or 'artful' type roles. Do you even want to play more dramatic roles?
Book Signings (Score:5, Interesting)
Friends with your fans? (Score:5, Interesting)
With his experience in mind, have you become good friends with any of your fans, or is it just too weird?
PS, was he involved in your latest book project?
War of the Evil Dead Chins (Score:5, Funny)
Fan fiction (Score:4, Interesting)
Is this true, and if so, is there such a thing as "good fan-fiction?" What constitutes it, or if it's all bad, why is it so horrible?
Cliche (Score:5, Interesting)
However, have you considered doing a further sequel the old fashioned, low budget way? On, say, an Evil Dead I budget?
Actor still seeks work (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Actor still seeks work (Score:5, Informative)
(Yes, kids. That is the real Wil Wheaton who posted this comment's parent.)
Working in the Xena/Hercules Universe (Score:3, Interesting)
ttyl
Farrell
Affiliate program revenue and Slashdot posts (Score:3, Offtopic)
bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0312242646&from=MJF138
The last parameter makes it look like the sales link is passing on affiliate info, so that the story submitter is making cash from each transaction. Knock off "&from=MJF138" and you still get to the book page.
I wonder how many sales will be made and how much commission chrisd will earn as a result of this slashdot post?
In the context of a commercial site, is it proper to disclose that the content creators are profiting in this way?
Would it be more appropriate for this site to choose a charity like the EFF and send affiliate commissions to them, when stories tied to products were run?
This isn't a flame, even if it turns out that the submitter is making a packet of the fatbrain affiliate program. I just thought it was worth talking about.
For the sake of being a curmudgeon, here's a link to the book at Amazon [amazon.com]. It's a better site anway, it shows more info about the book, including interior pages.
Cinematic badness (Score:5, Interesting)
In fact, many of us love you so much that we rented movies we suspected would be extremely bad, solely because you were in them.
And though our suspicions were confirmed, yea, though we cringed and groaned and hooted and were just generally nonplussed by much of what we saw, still...still....
"Look, there's Bruce!"
We are the people who spotted you in Fargo. But I digress.
If you can answer honestly, and without fear of legal action by directors or producers:
What was, in your estimation, the worst movie in which you ever had a significant role?
(My personal shortlist: Moontrap, Mindwarp, and Maniac Cop 2.)
Klaatu Barada N... (Score:4, Interesting)
Seeing all the stunts Sam Raimi "made" you do for those three movies....some of which would make Jacki Chan wince....Was there ever anything Sam asked you to do and you just plain said "NO" (or "HEll NO!" or even "Thank you, no. I'd rather die...") because it was too dangerous/stupid/life threatening/unnatural?
Is it cruel... (Score:3, Interesting)
Even if you live in a tall house?
Well, you said ask him anything...
My question(s) (Score:3, Interesting)
How much does this bother you, though? We fans tend to hear things like, "A new Sam Raimi movie, eh? Wonder how big of a part he'll give Bruce Campbell and his brother Ted?" Or the people who just assume that you landed parts due to your friendship with him as opposed to getting them by your own merits. (Though according to your book, apparently friendship with Sam has its own price. If you guys haven't read it, there's an absolutely _GREAT_ story about a walk-on part in 'The Quick and the Dead' that was never used.)
As a side note, I wish I could've met you at Gateway in St. Louis this past June. Not sure what the conflict was, but I had my book in hand ready. (However I did pick up Ted Raimi at the airport, so it wasn't a total loss. But still, Brisco wasn't there. Oh well.)
:^)
Cool (Score:3)