'Evil Dead' Star Bruce Campbell Gives an Update on His Cancer Battle: 'I'm Doing as Well as You Can Do'

Bruce Campbell is going through his cancer battle with “tons of hope,” as the actor gives an honest update months after revealing his diagnosis to fans.

The Evil Dead star took to social media months ago to announce that he was going through a health issue known as cancer. He added that his diagnosis was treatable, but not curable, without divulging the exact form of cancer. While assuring fans that he is a “tough old son-of-a-b*tch,” he opened up on Tuesday’s episode of the Inside of You With Michael Rosenbaum podcast about the journey so far.

“I think I’m doing as well as you can do for having cancer,” he said. “I go through most of my day not thinking that I have any cancer. It’s a bit of a whack-a-mole life that I have to get used to.”

Campbell admits that the first few months after receiving the diagnosis were a series of “bad” information coming his way. He adds that there was “a lot of schooling” and meetings that he didn’t want to be a part of.

“For breakfast, we’d have a s— sandwich with a side of what the f—,” he quipped. “That was a couple month period where the information would come in all of it’s cryptic or bad or whatever.”

Above all, the Burn Notice star says that attending the cancer meetings was his least favorite due to them being “boring” and “time-consuming.” Especially since they are mandatory and he had to show up because of the scans. Reiterating his original post about his cancer diagnosis, he’s not curable, and his form of cancer is “something that will be with me until I croak, which, with treatment, is earlier than you want to croak.”

The actor had an optimistic view of his journey thus far and plans to do treatments that he can “deal with, and that works” for the time being. He’s also realistic in understanding that “If your body wants to kill you, it’ll f—ing kill you,” but still holds on to “tons of hope” for his future. The cancer diagnosis has even given the horror icon a new perspective on life.

“If you want to get your financial house in order from A to Z, get cancer. If you want to rekindle with friends and family that you haven’t talked to in decades, get cancer,” he said. “If you want to refocus your life, laser focus only on the things that bring you joy and remove the drudgery from your life forever, get cancer,” he explained.

The actor isn’t necessarily stepping away from his career, as he was the executive producer on Evil Dead Burn and the upcoming 2028 installment, Evil Dead Wrath. He also voices the character Stan in Invincible.

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