James Marsters Press Archive

source: The Official Buffy Magazine
published: 1998
author: Henry Hackett

A bloody fascinating interview with our favorite undead odd couple.

We’ve got to start sending interns! It is our sad duty to announce that curiosity has killed yet another reporter. Sent to confirm rumors of a return to Sunnydale by Spike and Drusilla, veteran investigative journalist Henry Hackett met the vampire couple at an undisclosed location where we assume he lost his life. Once again, however, the official Buffy magazine was able to retrieve the disturbing recording of the dubious meeting. While well-spoken and witty, William the Bloody and his beloved also turned out to be two of the darkest individuals Hackett had ever encountered. They will also be his last.

source: Houston Chronicle
published: October 29, 1998
author: Pamela Mitchell

EXCERPT

Maybe it’s the mouth.

Those full, inviting lips held apart by just the hint of fangs.

Or the eyes.

source: TVgen
published: 1998
author: John Walsh

Yes, he’s bad. But he’s so good at it! As a Juilliard undergraduate, James Marsters never imagined the life he now lives playing Spike, Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s effortlessly evil nemesis. A veteran of repertory and regional theater companies, the actor has a passion for Shakespeare and other classical playwrights. But come to think of it, Spike would be right at home in, say, Macbeth or Titus Andronicus. We caught up with Marsters just after Buffy’s (Tuesdays, 8 pm/ET, the WB) current season wrapped, as he enjoyed a little light reading.

source: TV Guide
published: July 25, 1998
author: Tim Appello

Shedding light on the tough triangle that gives Buffy The Vampire Slayer its bite.

The WB’s kicky hit, Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Tuesdays, 8 P.M./ET), used to have a problem: The battalions of anonymous neck biters our hero (Sarah Michelle Gellar) offed each week provided reliably good action scenes, but they just didn’t have the staying power to serve as dramatic foils. So Buffy executive producer Joss Whedon created a trio of bloodsucking regulars who do not go easy into that good night. Witness Angel (David Boreanaz), Buffy’s hunky on-again, off-again vampire boyfriend, who was impaled on a sword in the season ender but is not dead yet – in fact, he’ll get his own spin-off in the fall of 1999. At the beginning of Buffy’s second season, Angel acquired two Sid and Nancy-like…

source: Another Universe.com – Mania
published: April 1, 1998
author: Cynthia Boris

First there was Anthony and Cleopatra, then there was Romeo and Juliet. Now it’s time to pencil in a new pair in the romance history books: Spike and Drusilla, two of the creepiest lovers since Morticia and Gomez Addams. You’ll find Spike and Dru inhabiting Sunnydale, California, which by no coincidence is also the home of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

source: Ultimate TV.com
published: 1998
credit: James Marsters.com – The unoficial website

stina: How did you become a regular instead of a recurring guest star?

James Marsters: Joss, the creator of the show, was hoping to find a new villain for the season

James Marsters: and I was lucky enough to do well enough for him to keep me as that.

James Marsters: I wore the teeth well, I had a good accent.