If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor

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Campbell often performs quirky roles, such as Elvis Presley for the movie Bubba Ho-Tep. [14] Along with Bubba Ho-Tep, he played a supporting role in Maniac Cop and Maniac Cop 2, and spoofed his career in the self-directed My Name is Bruce. [15] From 1996 to 1997, Campbell was a recurring guest actor of the television series Ellen as Ed Billik, who becomes Ellen's boss when she sells her bookstore in season four. [23] Hail to the Chin is the new raucous and sardonic memoir from Bruce Campbell, a follow-up to the New York Times bestselling If Chins Could Kill. It’s been 15 years since his first memoir but Bruce is still living the dream as a "B" movie king in an "A" movie world.

Otterson, Joe (April 20, 2018). " 'Ash vs. Evil Dead' Canceled at Starz After Three Seasons". Variety. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018 . Retrieved April 20, 2018. trilogy, by which I really mean Army of Darkness and Evil Dead 2, as any other actor I can think of has brought to any other series movies.Scroll down to that Judy Garland biography. You know plenty about her already-great voice, troubled life. Scroll down a little further to the Charlton Heston book. Same deal. You know his story too-great voice, troubled toupee. With that, he rallied himself and carried on shooting. On the way home that night, he passed out cold.

Campbell and Raimi collaborated with a 30-minute Super 8 version of the first Evil Dead movie, titled Within the Woods (1978), which was initially used to attract investors. [6] He and Raimi got together with family and friends to begin working on The Evil Dead (1981). While featuring as the protagonist, Campbell also participation with the production of the movie, receiving a co-executive producer credit. Raimi wrote, directed, and edited the movie, while Rob Tapert produced. After an endorsement by horror author Stephen King, the movie slowly began to receive attention and offers for distribution. [7] Four years after its original release, it became the most popular movie in the UK. It was then distributed in the United States, resulting in the sequels Evil Dead II (1987) and Army of Darkness (1992). [8]and Moontrap, he is desperately—often hilariously—looking for investors for his new projects. His subtitle aside, Campbell's career has gone mainstream: he has appeared in Homicide Bruce's first chapters are a bit stilted and rough and it's pretty clear he's finding his voice a bit. It doesn't matter a ton -- most people's childhoods are not that interesting -- but it takes some work to get to the point where it's less work to read. The writing remains choppy, but it's readable and conversational. Campbell worked as an executive producer for the 2023 movie Evil Dead Rise. [19] Television [ edit ] Campbell at WonderCon in 2013. Despite the inclusion of his character "Ash Williams" in Telltale Games' Poker Night 2, Danny Webber voices the character in the game, instead of Bruce Campbell. [39] It could be said that Bruce has become an icon of sorts in our household; and after finishing this book, I have greater understanding about why he has always represented the ultimate sassy underdog to me. Love ya Bruce - and don't you dare retire for at least another 25 years!

Ausiello, Michael (March 24, 2015). "Fargo Elects Bruce Campbell to Play Ronald Reagan in Season 2". TVLine. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017 . Retrieved March 25, 2015.A large part of this book is devoted to the Evil Dead movies, particularly the first one. Afterall, this was his very first movie made on a shoestring budget with buddy Sam Raimi when they were hardly more than teenagers. The details of their creativity and inventiveness was downright fascinating. It was really fun to read about how this group of childhood friends achieved their dreams of movie making. Quite a success story to think that they all ended up working in the business for many years, just the way they had dreamed of as kids. Chalk, Andy (June 1, 2015). "Bruce Campbell to Star in New Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare DLC". PC Gamer . Retrieved May 24, 2018. Campbell reveals some things that are definitely of interest. I'm always interested in what the life of an actor is like (how movies are made when it's winter and what kinds of things have to happen behind the scenes to make a movie), including what kind of variation there is to actors' behavior (Bruce mentions a few actors who stay on the set even when they don't have to, and some who disappear into their trailer as soon as the director yells cut). He talks about how some actors memorize their lines completely and how some almost don't at all, and how it took four years to make his first movie and some time after that before it broke even, money-wise. If you enjoyed this kind of information from Cary Elwes' As You Wish or Penny Marshall's My Mother Was Nuts, you might also like it here. The next location was an isolated dirt road. Sam felt that a high, wide shot would be best. We weren’t versed in the etiquette of location shooting, so no effort was made to get permission of any kind. We just hopped the fence and set up the camera. Things were going pretty well, until Josh spotted a large bull glaring at the crew.