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James Marsters – The Timelessness of Spike

Most people know James Marsters from his breakout role as Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the spin-off Angel, two cult classic television shows from the late 90s and early 2000s. The British-accented Spike’s devious, sly and charismatic character was supposed to have been killed off early, but fans quickly fell in love with him, and producers made the wise choice to keep him in the entire series.

A classically trained thespian, in Marsters’ early years he attended Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory Theatre. After a decade of stage work, his first television role was playing a minister, in the hit TV series Northern Exposure. (Interestingly, his father was also a minister in real life.)

Since that time, Marsters has played dozens of roles over the course of thirty years, including TV’s Hawaii-5-0 reboot, Witches of East End, Smallville, Without A Trace, and silver screen’s P.S. I Love You (with Hilary Swank). Lately, he had a role in Leverage 2.0, what he describes as “a show about con men, who use their skills for good.” His character is “an absolutely irredeemable douchebag,” adding, however, that “hopefully it’s fun to watch.”

He’s also the audio-book narrator of The Dresden Files, a New York Times bestselling series about a detective who’s also a wizard. And to top off his artistic endeavours, Marsters is also a musician with two solo albums, and his band Ghost of the Robot is working on their fifth album.

Marsters is one of many celebrities showing up to greet fans at the upcoming FAN EXPO in Canada: Limited Edition in Toronto, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, October 22-24.

Of what he most looks forward to at this upcoming Fan Expo, he says: “Meeting people live; just a sense of community. That is what I missed most of all. I’m not alone there, but being locked down in my house. I’m a gamer, so it wasn’t that bad. But just being with people live. Being in a community is something that I really need to drink in right now.”

Even though Buffy ended nearly 18 years ago, fans – young and old – are still enchanted with the storytelling, characters, and evergreen messages, and Marsters has a theory why.

“I think that the theme of Buffy is in some ways timeless, which is examining the time of life, of adolescence, where a human being is old enough to recognize that the world is massively messed up. And what does a person do at that point? Because some people give up at that point, and they never really come back. And some people don’t give up. And they try in their small way to try to make it better for people around them,” he says.

He says that the show’s writers were, “coming up with their worst day; the day that they don’t talk about; the day that keeps them up at night, their dark secret, and then they would slap fangs on top of that, and make a story out of it, and tell the whole world about it. And so it was an act of sustained vulnerability, and courage from writing staff. And it hurts. You can see it in their eyes. They were afraid people might guess what they’re actually talking about.”

It helped that the content wasn’t driven by “Hollywood people,” he says, but rather writers who wanted to express universal pains to viewers.

As a show ahead of its time, he says it can now be seen through the zeitgeist of our current era.

“I think that the theme that women can fight back made all the right people uncomfortable at the time. And that women can lead make some people uncomfortable. I was delighted by that. I’m a subversive artist, so anytime people are uncomfortable with something that I do, it’s a good thing. And yes, I think maybe people are a little more comfortable with those things now than they were before.”

Meanwhile, many might be surprised that Marsters turns 60 next year (do the math – Buffy first aired a quarter century ago). Yet, he looks like the very same Spike from all those years ago, seemingly ageless. While he jokes it comes from consuming “the blood of innocents,” in all seriousness, he says much of it has to do with giving up smoking, giving up drinking and sugar, and working out.

“I’ve always looked younger for my age. It’s genetics too. It’s driving my son crazy. He’s in his mid-20s. He always grows a beard. I keep telling him ‘later on, you’re going to be thankful for this baby face of yours.’”

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ETA 14/9/21: New pic (click for HQ) & details from James' Leverage: Redemption episode #1.12 "The Golf Job":

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Wyle’s wife Sara Wells appears in Episode 12, “The Golf Job,” as Jennifer, a bubbly clerk at a golf club’s pro shop. Hitter Eliot Spencer (Christian Kane) will use his charm to get information from her to help him and Jack Hurley (Drew Powell, reprising his role from the original series) with their con. In this episode, an old friend’s visit sparks a self-doubting Harry to uncover an unlikely client on the links at his exclusive golf club. (This episode also features the Angel reunion for Kane with James Marsters.)

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ETA 9/9/21: James' episode is now confirmed to be #1.12 "The Golf Job," which will be the fourth episode of 1B. Leverage's Christian Kane Teases Angel-ic Reunion With James Marsters | @TVLine

ETA 9/9/21: Trailer for Leverage: Redemption 1B! No James sadly, but there is a hint of Christian from the episode James guest stars in!



ETA 27/8/21: The second half of Leverage: Redemption (ie the half with James Marsters' episode!) will drop October 8 on IMDbTV!!



ETA 16/7/21: ‘Leverage: Redemption’: Christian Kane Teases ‘Angel’ Reunion With James Marsters | @TVInsider

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Leverage: Redemption: James Marsters Is a Cunning Con Man in Golf Spikes in First Look at IMDb TV Revival

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James Marsters will be looking to sink his teeth into some wealthy marks when he guest-stars on IMDb TV’s Leverage revival — and TVLine has an exclusive first look at his villainous visit.

In Leverage: Redemption, which is currently filming in New Orleans, the rich and powerful take what they want — and the Leverage team is back to take them down. Grifter Sophie Devereaux (played by Gina Bellman), thief Parker (Beth Riesgraf), hitter Eliot Spencer (Christian Kane) and hacker Alec Hardison (Aldis Hodge) all have watched the world change over the years since the original TNT caper drama ended. In that time, it has become easier – and sometimes legal — for the rich to become richer and the powerful to squash anyone who gets in their way.

Sadly down one team member, they find new blood in Harry Wilson (Falling Skies‘ Noah Wyle), a corporate lawyer who is looking for redemption after realizing he’d been sitting on the wrong side of the table for his entire career, and Breanna Casey (Aleyse Shannon of The CW’s Charmed), Hardison’s foster sister who has a knack for computers, robotics… and getting into trouble.

As seen in the exclusive photo below, Christian Kane’s Eliot will attempt to thwart foul play on the fairway when Marsters (Buffy/Angel, Runaways) guest-stars as Carl, a slick country club hustler who uses his conning of wealthy members to fund a much darker criminal enterprise.
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Leverage's Christian Kane Teases Angel-ic Reunion With James Marsters | @TVLine

09/09/2021 09:36 am
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Jamie's note #1: James' episode (in which he plays Carl, "a slick country club hustler who uses his conning of wealthy members to fund a much darker criminal enterprise") is now confirmed to be #1.12 "The Golf Job," which will be the fourth episode of 1B.

Jamie's note #2: The article below states you can 'Watch Kane & Marsters get punchy towards the end of this trailer,' however, it is clearly not James in the trailer, so I think they've confused him with someone else. And given how gung-ho both James & Christian are about doing their own stunts, I don't think it's a stunt double for James either. But I could be wrong as James did have knee surgery around abouts the time of filming this. Either way it's definitely not James in the trailer, which you can confirm for yourself by clicking the screencaps below of definitely-not-James (I'm quite certain that isn't his name, but for my purposes it'll do):
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Leverage's Christian Kane Teases Angel-ic Reunion With James Marsters: 'We May Have Dropped Easter Eggs'

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Two Angel alumni had a devil of a time when they reunited on IMDb TV’s Leverage: Redemption.

As TVLine exclusively reported a while back, Christian Kane’s Eliot will aim to thwart foul play on the fairway when James Marsters guest-stars as Carl, a slick country club hustler who uses his conning of wealthy members to fund a much darker criminal enterprise.

“We may have dropped a couple of Easter eggs in there for the [Angel] fans, man, to be honest with you…,” Kane teased for TVLine.

Marsters specifically appears in “The Golf Job,” which is the fourth of the eight new episodes being released on Friday, Oct. 8, thus concluding the revival’s 16-episode freshman run.

Kane said that Marsters was “a bit wary” of traveling to New Orleans during the middle throes of the pandemic, so he and Leverage newcomer Noah Wyle, who directed the episode (and previously did a play with Marsters), hopped on the phone together to tender the offer.

“He said yes, and it made our day,” Kane recalled. “It was so fun, because he’s been a dear friend of mine — one of my first friends in Hollywood.”

“Everybody’s so scared of Spike, this scary vampire, but in real life James is one of the biggest pussycats you’ve ever seen,” Kane added. “He’s just a cool, cool guy, and such a nice guy at heart.”

Kane promised that those in the Angel/Leverage Venn diagram are “going to get a kick out of this” reunion, even though he and Marsters are playing different characters. That said, “there are going to be a lot of times where you’re looking at Spike and Lindsey.

“You’re always looking for Spike to go after Lindsey, and vice versa. We were always trying to kill each other,” he noted of the Angel duo’s dynamic. “And we did that this time really, really subtly, with different hats on.”

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Other guest stars on tap for Leverage: Redemption Episodes 9-16 include Gotham alum Drew Powell (reprising his role as Jack Hurley from TNT’s original Leverage series), LeVar Burton (Star Trek: TNG, watch a sneak peek), Ben Thompson (Coronation Street), Joanna Cassidy (Body of Proof), Jon Fletcher (The Messengers), Brianna Brown (Devious Maids) and Andrea Navedo (Jane the Virgin), the latter of whom will continue her arc as U.S. Marshal Maria Shipp.

IMDb TV is Amazon’s free streaming service, on which you also can currently watch the original Leverage series.

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