
For one, Haig was recently admitted again to the ICU after suffering an accident, and is now recovering. While the above interview was published a few days before 3 From Hell's release, even without it, fans likely would've been able to figure things out. So I got him in, I shot everything I could shoot." It was on me to make sure that nothing went wrong. Lionsgate was fine with me sort of sneaking him in one day to shoot as much as I could. I knew it was so important be part of the movie. A lot of the scenes with Foxy were supposed to be Spaulding and I twisted things around so I didn’t have to rewrite every single thing.

I created this character Foxy for Richard Brake. I kind of realized, yeah, he’s in rough shape. Because Sid, he’s big and burly, and now he’s tiny as a skeleton. So, I went to see him, and he had changed drastically from the last time I saw him. I’m like, holy sh-, this is a serious business. He had been in the hospital, and he had just had surgery, and he was now recovering in a rehabilitation facility. But three weeks out from shooting, I got a call from Sid Haig.

CAPTAIN SPAULDING 3 FROM HELL MOVIE
"The movie that I prepped to make, and was getting ready to start shooting, it was Captain Spaulding, Otis, and Baby, the three originals.

After that, Spaulding is barely mentioned again, but thanks to a recent interview EW conducted with Zombie, we know why the former clown was used so sparingly in 3 From Hell. Before Otis and Baby even manage to escape from prison with the help of newly introduced brother Foxy (Richard Brake), Spaulding is executed for his crimes, as he Otis and Baby had been on death row since surviving their encounter with police at the end of The Devil's Rejects. Related: Rob Zombie Movies Ranked, Worst To BestĪs has became apparent in recent weeks, Haig isn't a major player in 3 From Hell, but it's safe to say that still didn't prepare most Firefly fans for Captain Spaulding to be unceremoniously killed off just a few minutes into the film.
