Welcome back to the Marvel Lounge, the live stream lounge.
And it's tough, I guess, no introduction really is needed,
but I want to give you the introduction you deserve.
I am here with the icon, actor, producer,
director, the pizza papa himself, the one,
the only, Bruce Campbell.
Mr. Campbell, how are you, sir? - Thank you.
I'm good.
And I prefer to be called P Squared.
P Squared?
Instead of the Pizza Papa.
It's easier to say.
I'm kind of hyping it up a little bit.
You want to modernize the P Squared?
Yeah, because I want to be hip with the kids.
You are.
He's P Squared.
I think you can be hip for all time,
especially with this incredible, incredible Blazer.
This incredibly cheap jacket.
[LAUGHTER]
I love it.
A friend of mine, he sent it to me.
He goes, I found a jacket that you would wear.
Meaning, he wouldn't.
[LAUGHTER]
But, you know, he thought I would like it,
and he was right.
I think you're pulling it off spectacular.
And, look, it's Comic-Con, man.
You got to dress--
This is not a rehearsal.
There are none.
No.
Go big or go home.
So I got to talk to you about Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange
in the Multiverse of Madness because it was amazing to see
you back, back on the Marvel screen
with longtime collaborator with Sam Raimi.
That's right.
All these years, what is--
just tell us a little bit about the bond that you and Sam Raimi
have as collaborators.
We bond through insulting each other.
[LAUGHTER]
And it's very funny, the last 20 years.
He's become a big Hollywood director.
Of course, I knew him 20 years before that.
So the modern crews kiss his ass.
And I come in and he starts trash-talking me.
So I start trash-talking him back.
And the crew gets silent of, like, this guy, this day player
is coming in, he's trash-talking this director because they
don't know the history.
So Sam directs via insult.
Nice.
That's how he does it.
Nice.
And you've worked with him for so long,
what's exciting for you to see when actors are working with
Sam Raimi for the first time that you're, like,
oh man, I can't wait for them to get to this stage where he's--
Well, Tobey Maguire, you know, I was in the first
three Spider-Man's.
And on the second one, we were just killing time on set
and he goes, God, the other day, Sam, he was,
like, he was really mean to me.
And I go, that means he likes you.
Congratulations.
You're in the club. - Nice.
Because he didn't feel comfortable.
If he doesn't-- it means he feels comfortable, too.
Because if he's not, he'll be very formal with that.
And he'll talk only in directors speak to them.
But if he knows you and feels comfortable,
then the real Sam will come out.
- Nice. - It's the belligerent--
[LAUGHTER]
--evil Sam.
As he says to the internet, which, hopefully--
I mean, who better to talk about Sam Raimi than you?
- You can't stop me. - Yeah. (LAUGHING).
You can't stop me.
We won't
No.
I mean, now that you've been in Dr.
Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and, again,
being in the first three Spider-Man films,
what has it been like to see the evolution
of these films and to be a part of all of these films?
Well, it's exponential now.
Yeah.
If I send out a standard tweet,
I'll get x amount of responses.
If anything has anything to do with any Marvel anything,
it'll blow up for no reason because that's
how big the fan base is.
It's so enormous.
We have a lot of die hard Evil Dead fans,
but there's not a lot of them.
There's a fair amount of them, but this is
just-- it's off the charts big.
As far as fandom, the movies are the biggest movies--
I mean, it's a phenomenon.
So all these Marvel characters,
you've interacted with quite a few Marvel characters
over the years.
Is there one Marvel character you're, like, one day get me
in the room with this person, get me
in the room with this character, get me in a room
with this hero or villain?
I want to play a super villain.
Ooh.
Yeah.
I'm kind of ready for that.
I hope some multiverse will have me as a super villain.
Do you think P Squared is out there tearing
it up somewhere as a villain?
Well, look at it this way.
What did I do when I encountered him in the movie?
I, basically, held him up for about 45 seconds.
What would that change?
What did it change?
Now, I mean, it's an amazing role,
and I'm very excited for people to see
it because you can get the Blu-ray of Marvel Studios'--
- That's right. - --Dr. Strange--
Tuesday.
--in the Multiverse of Madness Tuesday.
July 26, as a matter of fact,
Yes.
--that our cue card is telling us.
July 26.
Yeah.
So you, July 26, can go and you can hang
out with P Squared all day.
I like how that sounds.
P Squared, right?
Thank you for giving it to me.
It just rolls off the tongue so good.
It does.
Well, Mr. Campbell, it has been an honor
and a pleasure to talk to you.
It's been an honor and a pleasure
just to be in the presence of you in this jacket.
You're [BLEEP] a little bit, but--
[LAUGHTER] - --I appreciate it.
Not true. It is.
It absolutely is. - It is cool.
I'll go with you there.
And you're a lot cooler.
Well, we'll see about that.
[LAUGHTER]
- Well, thank you so much. - There's always next year.
There is.
And, hopefully, we'll see you then.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you.
And we will be back soon here on Marvel Live.
And stay tuned for more coming from Marvel here
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