If you're going to find someone to play the father of Bruce Campbell's Ash, you'd better start with the chin. Sam Raimi and the Ash Vs. Evil Dead team have found a strong one, hiring Lee Majors – the Six Million Dollar Man himself! – to play Brock Williams.
And that's not all the casting that was announced, coincidentally, on Ash Wednesday... Raimi's brother Ted is also joining the team. Which makes good on a promise that Sam offered back at Comic-Con last year that should the show score a second season, he'd find somewhere to squeeze Ted in. It's only fair, since the youngest of the Raimi brothers appeared in all three of the original Evil Dead films and pretty much everything Sam has made. In the series, he'll play Ash's childhod best pal, Chet Kaminski.
As for Majors, he seems like perfect casting: the right blend of grump and charm to have spawned Campbell's cult icon. The new arrivals join fellow supporting cast members Lucy Lawless, Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo. The second season will be on the air later this year on Starz across the pond and Virgin Media here.