With “Ash vs. Evil Dead” cancelled and Bruce Campbell announcing that he’s officially retired from playing Ash Williams, it’s impossible not to be a little sad. At the same time, we must consider how fortunate we’ve been, as fans of the Evil Dead franchise. Not only did we get a kickass remake, but we essentially got “Evil Dead 4” as a 15+ hour movie!
For three seasons, Campbell showed off some of his finest acting chops to date as an older, still wildly immature version of Ash, and for that we feel pretty damn fortunate.
Ash Williams has been in our lives for the past 37 years, first appearing as the fresh faced “final guy” in Sam Raimi’s original Evil Dead. It was in Evil Dead 2 that Ash truly became the Ash we know and love, losing his hand and replacing it with a chainsaw. He then went back in time for Army of Darkness, and fulfilled his destiny in “Ash vs. Evil Dead.”
Via @dextermcwriter on Twitter, check out side-by-side images of the very first and very last shot of Bruce Campbell as Ash from the long-running Evil Dead franchise!
Ash Williams. 1981 – 2018.
