James Marsters on a Spike Spin-Off

Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel have long hoped for a Spike spin off. So what does James Marsters have to say about it?

At Monday’s press conference for his new film Dragonball: Evolution, Marsters addressed the idea of an all Spike hour.

“I think if we did that, we’d have to do some camera tests with some lighting tests because Spike doesn’t age and I have,” he smiled.

“You could say he’s drinking pig’s blood so he’s aging slowly [but] I always thought one of the cool things about being a vampire is that you’re immortal and if you take that away it’s not quite so cool."

“The good news is, I never got any fill light [on Buffy]. Sarah [Michelle Gellar] got all the fill light and I got all the slant, shadow light because they wanted me villainous. But I wonder, if they put me in that costume and gave me some fill, it might actually look about the same now. But we’d have to test that because I don’t want Spike to age. So, I don’t know. We’ll have to see.”

Someone get Joss Whedon on the phone.

(P.S. Are we the only ones totally obsessed with Dollhouse even though we can’t freakin’ stand Eliza Douchey-ku?)

—Sasha Perl-Raver