10 Cool Facts About The Movie Evil Dead

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  1. Actors Smoke Marijuana For Real

The first script called for all the characters to smoke marijuana when they were listening to the tape. When the scene was filmed the actors opted to smoke pot for real, though, although what happened in the end wasn’t exactly a winning moment. They were all stoned and their uncontrolled behavior ruined the scene, which triggered the removal of sticky icky from the script and eventually the entire film. The production is known for using practical effects and even real ammunition, but Bruce Campbell also said that everything was real during filming. As he recalled: “The illegal substance known as marijuana was somehow forced upon us in Tennessee … I was forced to ingest this marijuana by a local reprobate and I therefore became, let’s just say, affected by THC … I therefore lost any sense of time and where I was, and that’s the time that Sam Raimi decided that he needed to shoot Ash having a breakdown.”