‘The Evil Dead’s’ Ash Williams Is the Ultimate Horror Hottie!
The ‘Evil Dead’ franchise is full of horror hotties, but Bruce Campbell’s Ash Williams still reigns supreme.
We all know that the horror genre is full of attractive people (see the casts of Sinners, Nosferatu, Jennifer’s Body, Scream, the list goes on), but no franchise commits to hotness quite like the Evil Dead. Everyone who has ever been involved in the 45-year-old franchise has been hot, whether they’re playing a rotting Deadite or working behind the camera—just look at the Internet’s recent realization that Evil Dead Burn director Sébastien Vaniček looks like this:
But for all the franchise’s cast and crew, nobody has come close to Bruce Campbell as the chainsaw-wielding, boomstick-slinging, klutzy yet capable hero and our personal pick as the ultimate horror hottie, Ash Williams.
Despite being a fan of the franchise after watching Fede Álvarez‘s grueling reboot/reimagining in 2013, I had no idea how Campbell landed the role of Ash. So imagine my surprise as I was writing this when I learned that Campbell was actually one of ‘s oldest friends. The two spent years making goofy Super 8 movies together before deciding to make a horror film (this might be a good time to mention that Raimi is adorable as well—just check out where a very young Raimi is promoting the UK theatrical release of and tell me he isn’t giving Jesse Eisenberg in that from 2013). Campbell offered to produce and was cast as the lead because, unlike the other actors, his production responsibilities meant he couldn’t leave the shoot.
