Bruce Campbell Will Be In Sam Raimi’s ‘Oz: The Great And Powerful’ After All, And He’s Already Shot His Cameo
Bruce Campbelldoesn’t appear inallofSam Raimi’s films, but in the years since their work on theEvil Deadmovies, the actor’s become a familiar — if small — presence in many of them. So we were a bit disappointedlast monthto hear that Campbell wouldn’t be making a cameo in Raimi’s next picture,Oz: The Great and Powerful, despiteearlier reportsthat he’d been slated to appear. But now it seems Campbell’s back in after all, and what’s more, that he’s already shot his “pivotal” (not really) part. More details after the jump.
As for what character he’ll be playing, Campbell wasn’t too forthcoming, saying only:
I play a pivotal role. It involves me and Oz – that’s James Franco – and let’s just say that we have a confrontation. It was a very fun role to do actually.
Campbell’s almost certainly joking about the “pivotal” part, but regardless, it’s nice to hear he’s back in. Just one more thing to look forward to when the movie hitsMarch 8, 2013.
Oz The Great and Powerful imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.
