Bruce Campbell

Living-Dead.com: When someone mentions the name Bruce Campbell, one automatically thinks of 'Ash'. Many people intertwine 'Ash' as your 'debut' role in the film industry, but this is not true however. Can you give us a little info on some of your previous projects in which you have acted 'pre' Evil Dead'?

Bruce Campbell: Wow. No, I'm not gonna do that. There's too much stuff that went after and around the Evil Dead flicks. It's all to be found here: Bruce Campbell Online

Living-Dead.com: Back in the 'finer' days of horror the director had to settle for buckets of M3 blood and tons of latex and the poor starving actors would spend hours trying to get the concoction off. You gotta respect both parties (directors/actors) and their will to bring the audience frills and chills and the hard work and dedication put forth into the making. Nowadays, it seems as if every horror fan's nightmare 'CGI' has wove its way into the grips of Hollywood. Personally, it seems as if 'Hollywood' has became lazy and taken the easy way out with the 'CGI' craze. What are your thoughts on this new breed of F/x and why?

Bruce Campbell: I tend to agree. It's great that technology allows folks to make a movie in Buttcrack, Kansas, but it doesn't mean that they should. The one thing that never changes is that newcomers need to learn their craft before they back up the truck for the cash.

Living-Dead.com: Many movie actors start out in one certain type role and later on are ultimately typecast into a 'rut' so to speak. You on the other hand have managed to capture roles of all different types and have slipped the grips of the dreaded label. What 'B' movie actor or actress in your own personal opinion deserves a higher ranking on the totem pole of 'Actor Status'? And why?

Bruce Campbell: That's tough to answer because I would need a thick guide of actors. I have respect for any actor who simply does their thing and goes home. I'm a fan of Buscemi, Depp, guys like that. They like what they do and avoid the hoopla for the most part.

Living-Dead.com: It is quiet evident that the world is quickly going to hell in a hand basket as the old saying goes. Many years have spawned this and many beliefs and thought systems have paved the road to where we are now. Which decade in your opinion from the 20th century had the most negative influence on the United States?

Bruce Campbell: I think the cold war sucked pretty hard. Here we were, in the "good old fifties," but the world could have ended. The build up of so many nuclear devices is just insane on anyone's scale.

Living-Dead.com: If you are like most people Mr. Campbell, you have your complaints. I personally am one to dwell on pop culture today and all the reasons why I loathe it. Not only this, but other walks of life who subject themselves to it in their assanine attempts to be cool or what have you. Whether it be Bob Dole exploiting his impudence problem in ads for Viagra or Britney Spears with all her war paint and glory, what person, if you had the chance, would you love to 'lecture' if you had the chance?