Rise focuses on Beth, a woman whose visit to her sister Ellie's L.A. The two would then continually collaborate on Raimi's projects like Xena: Warrior Princess and the Spider-Man trilogy, and both are executive producers on Evil Dead Rise, whose director, Lee Cronin, recently wrapped up production on the film. RELATED: Army of Darkness: 1979 Introduces an Even Greater Threat Than DeaditesĪfter releasing The Evil Dead in 1981, Campbell and Raimi revisited Ash and his war against the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis with two sequels, 1987's Evil Dead II and 1992's Army of Darkness.
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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.
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As Campbell put it, "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. However, the B-Movie icon remains grateful that he was able to conclude Ash's story with Ash vs. 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. I've got nothing else to give," he continued.
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He explained that he "physically just can't do him anymore," given the stunt work demanded for the character. "Whatever the cliched phrase is, I left it all on table.
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RELATED: Army of Darkness: 1979 Sends Ash Williams Straight into The WarriorsĬampbell previously confirmed Ash's retirement in 2018, following his Starz series Ash vs. 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," Campbell said to Collider about how he and longtime collaborator Sam Raimi plan to keep their franchise going with the upcoming Evil Dead Rise. The Evil Dead universe will have to do without its hero Ash Williams, as his actor Bruce Campbell has made it clear that his chainsaw arm-swinging days are over.