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We knew, going into the last season, that we had to have an end because we didn't think Starz was gonna re-up us and we were right. What else do you need? We knew the ratings were bad. He was the guy destined to defeat evil in the past, present and future, and he took off with a hot robot chick at the end to go kick in the future. I feel we really pushed all the buttons and he fulfilled his destiny written in that ancient book. I'm really glad we did it because we saw Ash's home, we went into his bedroom, we met his girlfriends, we met his daughter that we never knew he had and that he never knew he had, and we met his father, played by the great Lee Majors. Hey, I can't run anymore.' It just was an endless physical struggle. If you saw the emails pleading with various directors that were like, 'Hey, my knee's not working right. The three seasons were the longest seasons of my life. Whatever the cliched phrase is, I left it all on table," he said. Image courtesy of LionsgateĮverything Campbell wanted to do with the character, he did in Ash vs.
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These are Sam Raimi protégés that we hope will do a good job." Lucy Lawless, Bruce Campbell, Dana DeLorenzo, and Ray Santiago in Ash vs. But we still are filmmakers, we're still producers, we're still creative-type dudes, so we were like, 'How do we keep this going otherwise?' Sam handpicked Fede Alvarez to do the remake a few years ago. I've retired the character because I physically just can't do him anymore, so why bother? Why do I do it? It's time to hang up the chainsaw. There's not gonna be any traditional form of Evil Dead anymore. That book wound up in an urban environment with a single mom, so let's see what happens. That darn book gets around, and that's how we play it. "I'm done playing Ash, so that determines a lot of where we go with the franchise without that character, but there are more stories," he said.
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While Campbell has since reprised the role lending his voice for the Evil Dead videogame along with his TV series co-stars Dana DeLorenzo (Kelly) and Ray Santiago (Pablo), the actor broke down the grueling physical demands of playing Ash and his continued involvement in the franchise creatively as executive producer including the upcoming film for HBO Max.