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Bruce Campbell could be playing the devil in “Invincible.” That’s the fan theory at least. The “Evil Dead” icon voices a demonic character at the very end of the season 3 finale of “Invincible” but he is only credited as “demon.” With fans eager to find out if he’s more than just a run-of-the-mill demon, ScreenRant asked “Invincible” showrunner Simon Racioppa about it, and got an interesting response.
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“I think you’ll have to wait and see,” Racioppa answered. “Bruce is incredible, though. He’s great. You’re going to love it. You’re going to love it, but I can’t tell you that.”
Bruce Campbell visits SiriusXM Studios on October 17, 2024 in New York City.
Bruce Campbell visits SiriusXM Studios on October 17, 2024 in New York City.
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Damien Darkblood (Clancy Brown) returns in the Season 3 finale and summons a small demon who, in spite of its size, could very well be the devil. Darkblood refers to him as “lord” and about finding a powerful vessel that could restore the small demon’s power. So all signs seem to be pointing to this tiny demon being at least a bigwig in the halls of Hell, if not the devil himself.
Invincible’s upcoming battle with the devil is something that actually never happened in the comics, but was a story that “Invincible” creator Robert Kirkman wanted to tell. Racioppa talked about how Kirkman’s involvement with the show led to the story finally happening.
“Robert is a huge part of the show, and in a lot of cases, there are beats in the show that come about after talking to him. He’ll say, ‘I never got a chance to do this in the books, but I always thought that character’s backstory was this and this and this.’ And we’re like, ‘That’s great. Let’s put that in the show now.’ So, a lot of that stuff comes from Robert. He has headcanons – I mean, it is canon because it’s him – of other things that never made it on the page. The Hell story is an example of him being like, ‘There was this story I always wanted to do for ‘Invincible,’ but I kind of lost track of it. I never got a chance to do it, and things moved on, and then I couldn’t go back and do it.’ Why not do it on the show now? That’s a great example of that. [Comic fans] are getting a lost issue.”
The first three seasons of “Invincible” are streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Season 4 is expected to stream sometime next year.
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