They Call Him Bruce
My old friend John "Elvis" Marcotte has been running his award-winning humor blog Badmouth.net for quite a few years now, featuring the occasional interview with luminaries such as Erik Estrada, Chase Masterton and Pauly Shore. Yeah, not exactly the A-list, but he's snagged a big one this time: the one, the only: Bruce Campbell!
Is there a cooler actor working today than Bruce Campbell? Oh, probably, but Bruce will always come out close to the top in my book. Even in the worst movies (and, believe me, he's been in more than his fair share of stinkers) he has always been a joy to watch, whether he's fighing an evil mummy in Bubba Ho-Tep, being the Frank Nelson of the Spider-Man movies or fighting the Evil Dead in...um, the Evil Dead. (Yeah, he tends to fight evil monsters a lot.)
He's branched out into writing in recent years, first publishing his highly entertaining memoir If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor in 2002 and now moving on to his second book, Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way (don't worry, it's a novel, not a how-to manual), due out next month. And from all accounts, it's just as hilarious as the first.
Naturally, when John e-mailed me that he had snagged an interview with the man himself last week and did I have any questions for him, I jumped at the chance! Unfortunately, by the time I had replied, the interview was already over so, at least for now, the world will have to live without the answers to such burning questions as "Will you ever do a cookbook entitled 'Make Pancakes the Bruce Campbell Way'?", "Apart from the McDLT, what is your favorite discontinued fast food item?" and "What was Walter Koenig really like to work with in Moontrap?" (Okay, I didn't say they were necessarily good questions...)
Fortunately, John is a good enough interviewer that he got along just fine without my "help". The first part of the Bruce Campbell interview was posted this morning, and there's more to come later in the week. So check it out!
Is there a cooler actor working today than Bruce Campbell? Oh, probably, but Bruce will always come out close to the top in my book. Even in the worst movies (and, believe me, he's been in more than his fair share of stinkers) he has always been a joy to watch, whether he's fighing an evil mummy in Bubba Ho-Tep, being the Frank Nelson of the Spider-Man movies or fighting the Evil Dead in...um, the Evil Dead. (Yeah, he tends to fight evil monsters a lot.)
He's branched out into writing in recent years, first publishing his highly entertaining memoir If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor in 2002 and now moving on to his second book, Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way (don't worry, it's a novel, not a how-to manual), due out next month. And from all accounts, it's just as hilarious as the first.
Naturally, when John e-mailed me that he had snagged an interview with the man himself last week and did I have any questions for him, I jumped at the chance! Unfortunately, by the time I had replied, the interview was already over so, at least for now, the world will have to live without the answers to such burning questions as "Will you ever do a cookbook entitled 'Make Pancakes the Bruce Campbell Way'?", "Apart from the McDLT, what is your favorite discontinued fast food item?" and "What was Walter Koenig really like to work with in Moontrap?" (Okay, I didn't say they were necessarily good questions...)
Fortunately, John is a good enough interviewer that he got along just fine without my "help". The first part of the Bruce Campbell interview was posted this morning, and there's more to come later in the week. So check it out!
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