In a word, Bruce Campbell can talk Reagan

Well, well.

Bruce Campbell utters that word and, instantly, he's Ronald Reagan, the real-life presidential campaigner he portrayed this week in FX's fictional (despite the opening credits) Fargo (Monday, 10 p.m. ET/PT).

"Well," Campbell says, when asked by Paste BN for a Reagan impression. "That's about it right there: Well. You can say it with one word with Ronald Reagan."

In Monday's episode of Fargo, which is set in 1979, candidate Reagan is riding a campaign bus through Minnesota, stopping to make speeches. State trooper Lou Solverson (Patrick Wilson) provides a police escort, which leads to a memorable conversation between the two men that starts at a bathroom urinal.

Campbell, 57, who plays Ash in Starz' Ash vs Evil Dead, has had plenty of time to work on his Reagan imitation, having been a young man during the former actor's presidency in the 1980s. One of the people Campbell practiced with at the time was Fargo executive producer John Cameron, a longtime friend.

"We imitated Ronald Reagan all the time. It was my formative years in the '80s. My kids were growing up. We imitated him constantly. You can imitate Ronald Reagan. Almost anyone can. In a way, it's like Elvis," Campbell says, before riffing as The King: "Everyone can give it a try." 

Well, Bruce, in the words of a famous presidential debater: There you go again.