James in der SFX

In der aktuellen Ausgabe der SFX ist ein Special über James Marsters, mit tollen neuen Bildern und einem kurzen Interview.

Judging by the mountains of letters received by SFX, the Brits like Marsters too. At the mention of how pleased our readers were to discover he was joining Angel, the actor looked shocked.

"Really?”

He was one of the most popular characters on Buffy, after all.

He looks absolutely astounded. He’s about to deny it, but I know for sure that it’s the truth. Honestly, if Spike hadn’t joined Angel, I say, there would have been an outcry. People would have been furious!

Now he just looks embarrassed, so chooses to deflect the praise by talking about one of his favourite subjects in the world – Joss Whedon.

"Joss is so excited about it, too. He started to write my entrance scene in Angel as he was supposed to be writing the death scene in Buffy, and he had to stop himself! He was getting so excited about the potential, and the things that he could do.”

So, Spike and Angel in same show. It’ll be like two roosters in a henhouse. Does Marsters see them competing, on-screen or off? He lays the question to rest with ease.

"It’s his show” he affirms. "Believe me, I’m not gonna out-sexy David Boreanaz!”

Ah, but maybe he will: after all, Angel no longer removes his shirt on the show, whilst Spike does it at the drop of a hat. Marsters laughs a particularly dastardly laugh when I point this out, not at all offended to be discussing the allure of his chest with a virtual stranger.

"Well, you know, maybe we’ll have a shirt-off competition, I dunno! No, it’s definitely Angel’s show; and if the show’s going to continue to succeed it’s because the character of Angel gets more and more interesting as the years go by. They’re not gonna do anything that’s going to corrupt that at all. There’s potential there for conflict with Angel, because Spike knows that Buffy really loves Angel and not him…. And Angel hates Spike because he’s been there recently! I don’t think these guys are gonna be doing any high fives.”

Marsters shrugs. "Then again, we say that, and Joss might do exactly the opposite. At the same time, both of them have souls now, so there might be some connection between them.”

Quelle: smgboard.com