Muck Raking: Bruce Campbell
Archaeology's never been this much fun! Unearthing the secrets of the cast and crew.
Bruce Campbell, alias the lovable rogue Autolycus in Xena and Hercules, takes a break from filming Renaissance Pictures’ latest series, Jack of all Trades, to teach David Bassom the art of cooking grape nuts…
Official Xena Magazine: Issue 06
Birth name: Bruce Lorne Campbell
Nickname: ‘Booey’.
Favourite word: Shemp. [Excuse me?] It’s an in-joke related to The Three Stooges.
Hometown: I was born in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Current residence: Pacific North West.
Croutons or bacon bits? Bacon bits. Croutons are for squares!
Favourite salad dressing: Ranch. On the side.
Shampoo or conditioner? Shampoo. Only I use a hard shampoo soap instead of liquid shampoo. Because I travel so much, the liquids always explode in my bag. So I use a hard shampoo which won’t leak.
Have you ever gone skinny dipping? I have, but it was many ‘moons’ ago!
Do you make fun of people? All the time.
Favourite colour? It changes. Currently I would say it was goldenrod.
Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Not that I’m aware of [So what kinds of things have you been getting away with over the years?] If I told you, I’d be convicted!
One pillow or two? More than one. I sleep with about four pillows, not under my head but all around.
Any pets? Four cats.
Favourite music? I don’t have one favourite type of music. My range is anywhere from new age to country.
Hobbies? I make my living doing my hobby.
Which toothpaste do you use? Usually Toms. It’s like an all-natural toothpaste.
Favourite food? Hot grape nuts. [You’re kidding. How does that work?] You add them to almost boiling milk and cook ‘em. Add some honey, cinnamon and a sliced banana, and you’re in business.
Favourite town to take it easy in? Mohab, Utah. You can get lost really easily there and Utah’s my favourite state. There aren’t many people there.
Favourite ice cream flavour? Butter pecan.
Favourite non-alcoholic drink? I quite enjoy tea.
Adidas, Nike, Reebok, or other? Depends on the shoe that I need. I’m not brand loyal by any means.
Favourite perfume/cologne? I hate them all.
Favourite subject in school? The subject when school would be over [Laughs]. No, radio speech.
Favourite sport to watch? Basketball during the finals.
What is your most humiliating moment? There are too many to name. [C’mon, give us one…] Probably standing naked next to Michael Hurst [Iolaus] in One Fowl Day.
What is your craziest or silliest idea? To move out of Los Angeles. From a business point of view, it was probably crazy. But it was also my most sane idea. It was brilliant from a personal point of view.