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sam raimi has established himself as one of the best authors of the superhero film genre, with several successes such as Spiderman trilogy, Dark manand recently Doctor strange in the multiverse of madnessbut what if I assumed bat Man? More importantly, who Bruce Campbell play?
Campbell has been a fixture in Raimi’s films since his first appearance in the bad death and most recently appeared as Pizza Poppa on multiverse of madness. Fate’s Chin is a bonafide B-movie legend, and perhaps a rather underrated actor. If Raimi ever switched sides to DC, fans know exactly what role he should cast his best friend in.
There’s a choice that absolutely no one could argue with, and it feels like an absolutely perfect casting. Bruce Campbell is none other than Basil Karlo/Clayface. A failed stage actor who received terrible reviews for overreacting, how is this? No a perfect fit?
Pizza Poppa sold their pizza balls, so the next step is surely Condiment King. A fan-favorite bizarre villain of the DC Universe, he made his debut in the lego batman movie as one of many crazy thugs. Campbell shooting hot sauce on Batman could be just what he needs to take this hypothetical movie to legendary status.
Better yet, we do a full crossover. Make Campbell and Liam Neeson go back to being Darkman and teleport Ash Williams from Army of Darkness. Give Raimi full creative control. Look at the box office implosion. Warner Bros. has all the rights, it’s time to make it happen.
King Tut deserves a dark and gritty reboot afterwards Batman ’66And what better man to do it than Campbell? The man would land the role and give him a true Heath Ledger as the edge of the Joker.
Unfortunately, we can only dream at this stage. Considering the success that Matt Reeves is having with the batman universe, we may never get to see Bruce Campbell as Clayface. A tear was shed for the losers we are.
