Blisters
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James Marsters had huge blisters all over his hand after filming the hand-on-fire scene outside Angel’s mansion in 3.08 Lover’s Walk.
Blondie bear
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James Marsters had to bleach his hair to play Spike. James swears that putting packets of Sweet and Low in the bleach lessens the stinging on his scalp when he …
Blood recipe
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At the Houston Slayercon in 2005, James Marsters told the crowd that vampire blood on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel was actually made of Strawberry Quik.
Buffy and Shakespeare
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The cast and crew of both Buffy and Angel regularly visited Joss Whedon’s house on a Sunday to read Shakepeare plays together. Paul Ruditis wrote in Once More With Feeling: …
Buffy licking
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In an interview with Brian Wilkinson at Millarworld.tv, James Marsters (Spike) revealed some behind the scenes trivia:
Later in the series, after Spike and Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), began …
Casting Spike
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Juliet Landau has said that after she had been cast, she went to the audition for Spike to read with potential actors for that character. She and James immediately clicked. …
Chance
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Amber Benson (who played Tara) wrote and directed a movie called Chance in 2001 when she was just 24. It featured Amber, James Marsters (Spike), David Fury (Buffy writer/producer), Tressa …
Fire in the belly
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In an interview with Brian Wilkinson at Millarworld.tv, James Marsters (Spike) said of Spike and Dru:
“I would pray they’d write another episode with her in it. Spike needed her …
From one to another
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James Marsters, at the Collectermania May 2007 Q and A, talked about the transition from Buffy to Angel:
“That one was easy man, because I’d already shot with David a …
Ghost of the Robot
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James Marsters was a member of the band Ghost of the Robot, in which he sang and played guitar. The band broke up in 2004.
James in season four
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James Marsters (Spike) was uncredited in the original airing of 4.03 The Harsh Light Of Day but was later added to the opening credits. This was so not to spoil the …
James in the credits
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James Marsters was added to the opening credit montage from the episode 4.07 The Initiative.
James Marsters
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James Marsters played the English vampire Spike though he’s actually Californian. He was born in the northern logging town of Greenville, California, and raised in Modesto, California.
James studied at Juilliard …
James’s top accent
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British newspaper The Guardian published an article citing the best and worst accents in film and on TV. James Marsters ranked at third in their list of favourite accents, no …
Laughing James
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After Jonathan (in demon guise) sets off the smoke bomb to escape in 6.05 Life Serial, we can clearly see that James Marsters can’t help but laugh at the situation.
Looks like Spike
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Some fans claim that in the end scene of 2.01 When She Was Bad, when Buffy joins Xander and Willow in the classroom, the guy sitting in front of Buffy is …
Red Bull
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Writer Doug Petrie only had 4 days to write the episode 5.07 Fool For Love and was struggling to get the work done in that short a space of time. When …
Scary to sing
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At the Collectermania May 2007 Q and A , James Marsters talked about the casts’ feelings on singing in 6.07 Once More, With Feeling:
“Frankly my respect for the cast …
Spike
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Spike was a vampire who teamed up with his insane girlfriend Drusilla to kill Buffy. He posed a real threat as he had previously killed two Slayers. Things started to …
Straight man
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During a Buffy convention in London in June 2003 (’1.02 The Harvest‘), James C. Leary, who played Clem, said how difficult it was to film the scenes in 6.19 Seeing Red with …





