History Trivia / EvilDead2

** Actress Sarah Berry revealed in a podcast that the film almost had an entirely different actress as Annie Knowby. Sarah Berry's agent, who was friends with Creator/SamRaimi, knew he was looking for actors for the film and recommended Sarah Berry as a potential actress for the character of Bobbi Jo, as Berry was raised in a southern state. After auditioning for Raimi, Berry said she was all but assured that the role of Bobbi Jo was hers. However, she pressed for a chance to audition for Annie. When Raimi said she was perfect for Bobbi Jo, and that her reading for Annie wasn't necessary, Berry admitted that while she said nothing to Raimi, that she secretly really wanted the Annie part and told Raimi that he had nothing to lose by letting her read for Annie as well. Relenting, Raimi let her read for the role, and Berry said that after she was done, Raimi admitted he had a problem, as Berry also gave a great audition for Annie, and he wasn't sure at that point which role to cast her as. Berry said she had two more auditions. The second was in an apartment, where they also had her scream, which was recorded on film. The final audition was basically an early morning breakfast with Raimi, as well as Creator/BruceCampbell in attendance, where they had Berry sit next to Campbell just to see how they looked together, and how it would look with them on film. Following that final breakfast audition, Berry said the role was hers and the rest is history.

*** Bobby Jo's death scene was originally written for Ed, and it would have occurred much earlier, taking him out before he ever even reached the cabin.

* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Mostly averted. Starting with the 25th Anniversary Edition, the shot of Henrietta’s eye flies into Bobby Joe’s mouth had the wire during the closeup shot remover. Other than that, everything else is untouched.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Sam Raimi, stung by the moral panics and flagrant censorship that the graphic violence of the first movie was subjected to, attempted to tone the sequel down by making the blood far less realistic and more over-the-top and cartoonish, as well as avoiding altogether certain kinds of intense bodily violence (no more pencils to the heel or fingers in the eyes) and using [[GoryDiscretionShot Gory Discretion Shots]] for the very nastiest moments. Unfortunately for him, this didn't work at all- the MPAA still found it too gory for a rating.

* Main/ExiledFromContinuity: Don't expect the "real" Ash to ever meet the simulacrum copy Ash, and don't expect the simulacrum Ash to learn that the real Ash came back from the past alive since that would involve information from ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'', which Space Goat Publishing doesn't have the comic rights to, although this hasn't stopped them from name-dropping S-Mart in the ''Revenge of Hitler'' issue and using a slightly similar looking mechanical hand for the simulacrum Ash in the ''Revenge of Evil Ed'' miniseries.

* Main/ReleaseDateChange: Due to Space Goat being a relatively small publishing company, they tend to put the ''Evil Dead 2'' books on hold to focus on larger projects, such as their ''Evil Dead 2'' and ''Film/TheTerminator'' inspired-board games. Several months will go by before Space Goat will make any official statement on the release dates of the comics.

** Actress Sarah Berry revealed in a podcast that the film almost had an entirely different actress as Annie Knowby. Sarah Berry's agent, who was friends with Creator/SamRaimi, knew he was looking for actors for the film and recommended Sarah Berry as a potential actress for the character of Bobbi Jo, as Berry was raised in a southern state. After auditioning for Raimi, Berry said she was all but assured that the role of Bobbi Jo was hers. However, she pressed for a chance to audition for Annie. When Raimi said she was perfect for Bobbi Jo, and that her reading for Annie wasn't necessary, Berry admitted she really wanted the Annie part and told Raimi that he had nothing to lose by letting her read for Annie as well. Relenting, Raimi let her read for the role, and Berry said that after she was done, Raimi admitted he had a problem, as Berry also gave a great audition for Annie, and he wasn't sure at that point which role to cast her as. Berry said she had two more auditions. The second was in an apartment, where they also had her scream, which was recorded on film. The final audition was basically an early morning breakfast with Raimi, as well as Creator/BruceCampbell in attendance, where they had Berry sit next to Campbell just to see how they looked together, and how it would look with them on film. Following that final breakfast audition, Berry said the role was hers and the rest is history.

* ThrowItIn: The idea for the LaughingMad scene came from writer Scott Spiegel fooling around while writing the script by bobbing a flex lamp and accompanying it with a silly "Popeye" laugh. Both the lamp and the goofy laugh ended up in the scene.

*** A scene was written of Ash frantically boarding up all of the cabin windows in a fit of paranoia, which actually explains why, in the finished film, they are suddenly all boarded up with no explanation.

** The film was initially conceived of by producer Irvin Shapiro, under the title ''Evil Dead II: Evil Dead and the Army of Darkness'', and Sam Raimi's original idea was to have Ash travel back in time and battle Deadites in the middle ages. When time came to actually make the film, Dino De Laurentiis wanted something more like the original and gave the producers a fairly small budget to work with, so the medieval concept was shelved until [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness the third movie]].

** In the commentary, the producer, Rob Tapert, mentions that they did have a version of the "recap" first act of the film that did feature Scotty, Shelly, and Cheryl. In the final film, [[AdaptedOut these three are left out entirely]].
** On the DVDCommentary, Creator/SamRaimi mentions that Bobbie Jo's death was originally supposed to happen to a male character, and that in an early version of the script the cabin had become a hideout for a group of escaped convicts who were looking for buried treasure.

* ThrowItIn: The genesis for the LaughingMad scene came from one of the film crew bobbing a flex lamp and accompanying it with a silly "Popeye" laugh. Both the moving lamp and the goofy laugh made it into the scene.

* OneBookAuthor: This is the only film ever to be released by the Rosebud Releasing Corporation. That's because it's actually not a real company, merely a brand name created by DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group to allow them to release the movie unrated without jeopardizing their legal relationship with the MPAA. Sam Raimi himself designed the Rosebud logo and it was filmed as part of ''Evil Dead II'''s shooting schedule.

* TheOtherDarrin: Denise Bixler portrays Linda in this film, replacing Betsy Baker, who had to decline because she was pregnant.

** Bobby Jo was written as a role for Holly Hunter. Dino De Laurentiis vetoed the choice as he didn't think she was beautiful enough.

** On the DVD commentary, Creator/SamRaimi mentions that Bobbie Jo's death was originally supposed to happen to a male character, and that in an early version of the script the cabin had become a hideout for a group of escaped convicts who were looking for buried treasure.

** Annie was written as a role for Holly Hunter. Dino De Laurentiis vetoed the choice as he didn't think she was beautiful enough.
*** Actually, it was Bobby Jo that was written for and inspired by Holly Hunter. She was not considered for the same reason, though.