Bruce Campbell's cancer diagnosis 'doesn't change anything' with new movie: 'It's a priority'
Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell, who was recently diagnosed with "treatable, not curable" cancer, has insisted his diagnosis hasn't "changed anything" regarding his new movie, Ernie and Emma, which is a "priority" for him.
Bruce Campbell has insisted his cancer diagnosis hasn't "changed anything" regarding his new movie.
The Evil Dead star - who recently revealed he has been diagnosed with "treatable, not curable" cancer - admitted his new film, Ernie and Emma, is a "priority" because it has given him "such creative satisfaction".
The 67-year-old actor told the Salem Statesman Journal: "It doesn’t change anything for me.
"It makes you prioritize 100 per cent, and for me, the priority is this movie.
"It just gives me such creative satisfaction that, you know, everything else is secondary."
Campbell also told how it was the "most exciting thing ever" working on a film with his wife, Ida Gearon, for the first time.
He added: "My wife and I have never made a movie together before, and this is the most exciting thing ever.
"We finally got to do something that has no outside influence. We made it in our own little bubble."
Ernie and Emma tells the story of widowed pear salesman Ernie Tyler, who travels around scattering his wife's ashes where she asked him to.
The movie is to be screened at Portland’s Hollywood Theatre on April 4, and Campbell wants to attend every one of his film's screenings to see people's reactions.
He said: "It's a personal movie. I want to see how it affects people.
"Every audience is different. I'm very, very curious to see what people think about it.
"It’s a real story that can happen to you.
"I think movies have taken place so much in the fantasy world recently that we’ve lost a little bit of our understanding of reality."
Earlier this month, Campbell - who is best known for portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's horror series - took to social media to reveal his cancer diagnosis, and admitted it was a "shock" when he was told about it.
He wrote on X: "Hi folks, these days, when someone is having a health issue, it's referred to as an "opportunity," so let's go with that - I'm having one of those.
"It's also called a type of cancer that's 'treatable' not 'curable.' I apologize if that's a shock – it was to me too."
