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| Ellen Sandweiss Interview | Page 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 |
| An Exclusive Interview with Ellen
Sandweiss Interview by Fans & Deadites Online Under what circumstances did you meet the Renaissance guys? I went to high school with Sam and Bruce - we did a lot of plays together and also I was in a few of their early amateur super-8 films. I met Rob Tapert when we shot Within the Woods. What made you decide filming with these guys would be a good idea? I was 20-21 years old, relished the thought of a semester break from college, and thought it'd be fun. You had a villainous role as the boss Pettimken (sp) (probably Potyomkin or Potemkin; DEM)in an odd little filmette called "Shemp Eats the Moon" with Bruce Campbell as your rival. Could you tell the people reading this about this little known and little seen film? What a great little film! Bruce played his classic bumbling private eye character and I was the cruel, sophisticated temptress/crime boss who tried to destroy him. Basically, the "moon" was a very large stolen jewel that Bruce was hired to find. My organization was also after it, and thus the conflict. The funniest thing about this film was an 18-year-old like myself trying to be an evil seductress. The other thing I love about it is seeing my old friend (who tragically died a few years ago) Bill Kirk playing my foolish assistant. Was this film shot prior to Evil Dead? And if so was it the first film you had made? Yes, it was before ED, and I believe it was my first film, though it was so long ago I can't be positive. Bruce's character Shemp ultimately kills you in the end which I believe make the score 2 to 1 in Bruce's favor. Of course your kill is from Within the Woods which much to the dismay of Evil Dead fans worldwide is still as hard to find as Shemp, could you tell us a little bit about Within the Woods that perhaps maybe we don't already know? I think you guys (ED fans) know more about all this stuff than I do! I hadn't even seen Within the Woods, until recently, since about 1978. I did like the film a lot, mostly because I did get to kill Bruce. I do recall that running through the swamp was about as challenging, maybe even more, than running through the woods in ED (why was I always running?). I also enjoyed working with Scott Spiegel, who was always good for a lot of laughs. |
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