#’I Physically Just Can’t Any More’

There are plenty who struggle to leave behind their beloved characters (Julie Newmar’s Catwoman comes to mind) but Campbell has given Ash all he can, especially physically. “The three seasons were the longest seasons of my life,” he says in reference to “Ash Vs. Evil Dead.” He continues in the interview saying:

“If you saw the emails pleading with various directors that were like, ‘Hey, my knee’s not working right.’ ‘Be careful about tomorrow.’ ‘Let’s have the stunt guy nearby.’ ‘Hey, I can’t run anymore.’ It just was an endless physical struggle. 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. 

“I feel we really pushed all the buttons and he fulfilled his destiny written in that ancient book. 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. What else do you need? We knew the ratings were bad. 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. So, thank God we did that.”

It’s hard to say goodbye to the beloved character, but no one needs or should want a broken-down Ash.