As co-executive producer of Jack of All Trades, Campbell was involved at a very early stage, long before casting began. "I lobbied for Jack to be American and to get the groovy writers that I knew could be trusted to deliver the goods," says Campbell of his behind-the-scene contributions. "Beyond that, I'm just doing my thing as actor-boy to make sure the tone is right -- irreverent, but not annoying."

Campbell is no stranger to the other side of the camera. He served as producer (in some form or another) on all of the Evil Dead films and several others, including Lunatics: A Love Story, Easy Wheels and Crimewave. He has even dealt extensively in post-production sound, lending his voice to the independent horror movie, The Dead Next Door and serving as sound editor on Stryker's War, which he also wrote. He has also directed a handful of Hercules and Xena episodes, including the recent series finale for the former. What to tackle next, after achieving producer/director status?

If you're Bruce Campbell, you write a book. That's right, Confessions of a B-Movie Actor will be in a bookstore near you in Fall 2000. Thankfully, this autobiography is by no means intended to be the final word on his career as an actor. "It's an overview of the forgotten middle and lower classes in Hollywood. I've been a fly on-the-wall for 20 years, so I thought it would be fun to show folks what it's really like under the hood of all the hype," Campbell divulges. "It covers my professional life up to the cancellation of Hercules."

Campbell is accustomed to a unique response to his work. Before Xena and Hercules had even developed into wildly popular cult TV shows, The Evil Dead Trilogy had long been watched ad nauseam (and nausea) by horror fans. Having gone to various conventions and conversing with his devotees, Campbell became inspired to turn the spotlight around for once. And so, amidst the directing, the acting and the writing of a novel, a documentary named Fanalysis was born. "I just thought it would be fun to turn the camera around and hunt the hunters for once -- in a humorous way," he says of the project, which just completed its editing stage. "Fans are really just shy people at the end of the day. I have found that 99% of them are harmless and somewhat normal -- it's the 1% that you have to run from!"

What his fans will probably be surprised to hear is that, despite his involvement in so many aspects of horror movies, Bruce Campbell doesn't even like genre films. Then surely, this means he must have some pet projects that are entirely non-genre in nature? "Absolutely," enthuses Campbell. "But those will be very independent and very low budget. I have several dramatic ideas I'd like to do, but in order to do them how I really would like, I'll have to get the financing myself. These will hopefully see the light of day in a couple years." Campbell also admits that he finds truth much more compelling than fiction, which partly explains Fanalysis. But even that has genre connections. "I'd like to do more documentaries," he says, "I've got a plan up my sleeve -- a pipe dream admittedly, to walk the Pacific Crest trail and document it." Viewers stay tuned!