It really hurts me to say this but
I’ve been forwarded an interview that paints a pretty clear picture of Sam Raimi
being a huge bag of douche, and I have to say it seems pretty believable.
Now before I start getting hate
emails, everyone needs to hear me out. Yesterday an interview with former
Hercules star Kevin Sorbo was posted at Film Stew and in it Sorbo basically
tells about what a dick Raimi has been to him after all their years of working
together.
Raimi was executive producer on the
Hercules television series and worked with Sorbo for nearly a decade on the
show. Apparently Sorbo feels that since he never signed on to do 3 more seasons
of the show like Raimi wanted, a grudge has started between the two of them.
Sorbo had this to say to Film Stew
“I busted my ass on Hercules and during Season
Five, I almost died doing it,” he continues. “I had an aneurism that exploded in
my body that almost killed me. I think I’m a good enough
actor that he can put me in a secondary part in one of
his feature films. It would be nice if he did that.” Sorbo also goes on
to point out several other examples of Raimi being “infantile” and petty.
This isn’t the first time that Raimi
has alienated people in the business either. Fellow scribe Pat Torfe reported
here about
how composer Danny Elfman will no longer work with Raimi because of dislike
between the two of them which was initiated by Raimi.
Truthfully this is all news to me. I
wasn’t aware that Raimi was alienating people within the industry. He always
struck me as sort of a standup guy. If anyone else out there knows about other
instances of Raimi doing this kind of thing or something to counter it spit some
bullets below. Also make sure to check out the full interview with Kevin Sorbo
over at Film Stew by clicking
here.
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