Though director Sam Raimi and actor Bruce Campbell have collaborated on the cult hit Evil Dead films and the blockbuster Spider-Man films, their partnership began more than thirty years ago at Wylie E. Groves High School in Beverly Hills, Michigan.

"We met in drama class," says Campbell.  "He was doing what I thought was a bad pantomime.  I thought he was way overdoing it, and I think he felt my pantomime kind of blew because I wasn't doing much of anything." Back then, it was Raimi that was in front of the camera, starring in Campbell's Super 8 movies. "He seemed like a good guy to have involved in the movies that we were making," admits Campbell.

As for Campbell's cameos in the three Spider-Man films, he confesses it was he that approached Raimi. "It is the first time I said, 'You have to give me a part in this movie because, it's Spider-Man.  It's going to be big.'  He was like, 'All right, all right.'"

For Campbell's role as a snooty French maitre d' at an upscale Manhattan restaurant, Campbell went back to high school for inspiration. "Sam and I had French class in high school," explains Campbell. "We had a teacher we both enjoyed, and we liked making fun of the accent and practicing the accent.  When [Raimi gave me] the maitre d' [role], he said, 'Let's do the French thing.'"

It is unclear if Campbell and Raimi will work together again on another Spider-Man film, but plans for another Evil Dead film will insure these high school buddies have plenty of material for their forty year high school reunion.