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Newsletter 02 (1997)

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Exclusive Interview with Bruce Campbell (Autolycus)

1.  Bruce - we all think your portrayal of Autolycus, the king of thieves, is one of the highlights of the show. In fact, some of us have voted "The Royal Couple of Thieves" Best Ep of Season One. How did you get this job?
    Well, I have known Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi for a hundred years - when the role came up, Rob thought I would be good for the role...

2.  What are in your opinion the reasons for X:WP's phenomenal success?
    It's not like any lame-ass cop show or some other generic tv show - when you're channel surfing, it stands out among the other shows - same as Herc.

3.  As Autolycus you are a regular guest star on X:WP. In the third season you will both act in and direct an episode (King of Assassins). Does it make you nervous and can we expect more of this in the future?
    No. I've done this for a while now - if anything, it was just a little taxing doing both jobs. I'd like to do more directing, but not both jobs again right away...it was a good experience, though.

4.  What is it like to work with Lucy and Reneé?
Both are very accessible, patient and professional. This makes it very easy to work with them both.

5.  If any, are there differences between working on the XENA set and the HERCULES set?
    Xena used to be referred to as the "little" show - not anymore. Hercs tend to be a little lighter - and Herc has to be the moral center - Xena is a tad darker, but the Xena set doesn't get as serious...

6.  Wouldn't you agree that Autolycus is much more suitable to give the audience "comic relief" than Joxer whose humour is - as a lot of people strongly believe - very crude?
    No. I couldn't disagree more - Ted was in the ep. I just directed playing both himself and his evil twin - Ted is a ball of talent and this whole "what is really funny" thing is totally subjective.

7.  Was it ever considered to create an Autolycus spin-off? Would you agree to be part of it?
    A spin-off of that type of character would never happen - he'd have to be artificially warped in order to take over the lead of a show - he's more fun and useful as the likeable rogue.

8.  What is the achievement you are proudest of careerwise?
    "Brisco." I worked my butt off on that show and enjoyed it immensely.

9.  You have made a number of guest appearances (e.g. Xena, Ellen). Is there any other TV show in which you would love to participate?
    Not off the top of my head - carreer-wise, I pretty much wing it. Every time I try and plan things out methodically, it all gets de-railed by some project out of the blue.

10. What can fans expect from future Raimi/Campbell projects?
    Not sure - we're "sort of" working together on his tv stuff - we'll have to wait and see until our schedules coincide again...

thank you very much Bruce

No sweat...

Best, Bruce