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Post by PokerKitten on Feb 15, 2005 11:45:23 GMT
James' numbee 1 fan - next to all of us, of course! - Kristin says: Feb. 14, 2005
Tubers! You are not going to believe this. Just 30 minutes ago, I got more flowers. John Stamos is so thoughtful this Valentine's Day that he got a bunch of die-hard James Marsters fans to send me flowers. Like I wouldn't know it was him. The card reads: "A year ago our heart was broken. We don't need an Angel to Fix it. But James Marsters could get the blood pumping again! Love, James and Spike Fans."
That said, in all seriousness, let's take a moment, shall we? It really has been a year since that fateful day we heard Angel was getting the ax...and the world will never be the same. Speaking of Angel, sadly, I don't have any promising news on the Spike spinoff front. But I do have Angel: Season Five DVDs to give away today, and by just being here, you are automatically entered to win. Yay you! We'll contact you via email if you won a DVD. Also, I contacted James' publicist today about talking to him about his upcoming USA movie (bowing March 18) and the possibility of a Spike something-something. So sit tight! Kristin's Chat transcripts
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Post by PokerKitten on Feb 15, 2005 18:29:34 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Feb 19, 2005 21:55:51 GMT
Thanks for this Setje NO REPOSTING TO SLAYERVERSE OR BUGGER.YOU... ER, BUFFY.NU!! Thanks. Angel Magazine Issue 20 March 2005 - Transcribed by Setje
Q & JAMES
Written by Martin Eden
Has James Marsters got any tattoos? Has he seen the Grudge yet? And, perhaps most importantly, who does he think would win – the cavemen or the astronauts?
The man himself provides answers to all these and more, as we posed some special, quick-fire questions to him !
Q: Which show do you think had the better finale, Buffy or Angel?
A: Hmm. It’s difficult. You know, you’re tempting me to take a criticism on a show that was very good to me – I’m going to have to criticise one of them. What I will say is that I think the ending of Angel was fabulous. It was simple and it was clean and dramatic and thematically satisfying.
If the show’s theme was about redemption, then whether Angel lives or dies isn’t a question anymore. The question is: has he redeemed himself by the time he left our living rooms, and the answer is yes. And so I thought that was enormously satisfying.
Q: Have you seen the The Grudge [starring Sarah Michelle Gellar] yet?
A: No, I have not actually – I haven’t had a chance. I don’t normally go to movie theatres because that’s a place where I have to sit down for long periods of time, and I tend to get recognised. I can go and try and be a normal person, but I have to keep moving. So I’ll have to wait for the DVD for that.
Q: What would be your dream role? Would it be a remake of something?
A: I know it’s already been re-made, but I’d love to play the character of Paul in Dune.
Q: Which Season Five Angel episode do you think saw the best development of your character?
A: “We were pretty much plugging in the character we’d developed and finding out which parts of him would be appropriate to the series. They were just trying to figure out how to fit me in.
“Damage” was good. That was Steve DeKnight’s episode, his first directing job.
Q: Do you and David Boreanaz have any plans for a joint venture – in movies or – outside of the Buffy/Angel-verse?
A: It would have to be after I’ve done another role after Spike. Then that would be a good time. And, frankly, if the material is right I would love to. I was thinking about this – David is one of about 10 actors I’ve worked with in Hollywood, that if I do something different, something improvisational – like if, I do something different with my eyes – he’d really come to the ball. That when you can really act.
Q: How do you rate David Boreanaz’ performance as the director of the “Soul Purpose” episode?
A: David was one of our best directors of the season. The crew came up to me and said, “James you have to pressure the producers to give us David back”. Late in the season, when you’re tired and you get someone who doesn’t know us it can fry us. Fifty people came up to me in the crew and said, “You’ve got to make that happen”. We asked David and he was like, “Mmm, it’s hard work!” You’re carrying a show and then you direct, too. But I’m serious. [He was] a dream.
Q: Have you got any tattoos?
A: None, only scars, Scars tell a much better story than any tattoo.
Q: What’s the hardest thing you’ve had to do on Buffy or Angel?
A: Strip naked wearing only a sock in front of a crew who stood and laughed at me.
Q: Which Buff/Angel episode are you most proud of? A: Hands down, the Buffy musical episode [“Once More, With Feeling”] Sheer brilliance.
Q: Have you ever seen a part played by another actor that you thought, “Wow, I wish that could be me”?
A: The first guy who ever totally rocked me was John Savage in The Deer Hunter.
Q: What’s the best bit of gossip you’ve ever read about yourself?
A: That David Bowie and I were lovers.
Q: What is one thing you’ve never done but always wanted to do?
A: Sky-dive.
Q: What was your first role on stage?
A: It was in fourth grade – I was Eeyore – and I had to go up onto the stage and I Kept tripping up because the stage had these funny steps, I remember thinking I did really well and I really liked the experience.
Q: What was it like doing the scene in Buffy when she was invisible and you were both in bed?
A: There was a lot of talk about how I should be doing the push-ups, because, the way I was doing them, they didn’t look like push-ups at all, and they thought it was way too much! So we changed that…
Q: What would you write or say in your own obituary?
A: ‘Produced theatre, did a show, tried hard. Did some music.’
Q: Do you think our spirits pass over when we die, and would you or have you ever attended a séance?
A: I think we’re in the middle of something much more beautiful and complicated than we realise, which we don’t really have the ability to perceive. In the end, I have to admit that I don’t really know what is to come. I hope that some part of this experience lives on.
As far as séances are concerned, I read a book years ago where the thesis was that there are three things, that you cannot get over in life – death, toil and ignorance of the future. These are the things that you have to say we can’t get through in your life. People have been telling each other that they can get over these things. And so I Might attend a séance and I’m not saying that it wouldn’t be real but I would be very reasonable about it.
Q: If you could play any famous character from the opposite sex from books, plays, cartoons, who would it be and why?
A: I so like being a guy…nothing against being a girl! Lady Bracknell?
Q: Is it true that you paint in your spare time?
A: Yes, I do still life, which is the easy one! But I do exteriors, too. I paint plants. The main thing with painting is that it’s an interpretation of how beautiful the world is.
Q: Did you ever wish you looked like someone else?! If so, who?
A: I’ve always like my looks but I’d have like to have had straight hair, that’s about it.
Q: How did you manage to get through filming the “Smile Time” episode without laughing?
A: It was very simple – for me, it was my job to laugh uncontrollably!
Q: Would you ever appear as a panto dame?
A: Sure, that would be cool. That would be fun. I would need a really, really, really good director!
Q: What book are you reading at the moment?
A: I can’t finish the third Bourne book. I read the first two, and now I’m on the third one, and I just don’t care any more!
Q: What were your first thoughts when you saw yourself as a vampire?
A: “Oh Jesus!” (Laughs) They glued this appliance with high-industrial glue, and some of these glues sting bad. And often they glue around your eyes and it could be dangerous. I liked how I looked. I had this stupid idea that when my girlfriend came to the set, she would think it was hot, but she took one look at me and she was like, “Oh my God, get away from me!”
Q: If you could choose in the beginning of your life to live as a human or live as a vampire what would you choose?
A: Human, definitely.
Q: Do you know what ‘effulgent’ means and can you use it in a sentence?
A: Effulgent. (Starts reciting poem from Angel finale). Radiant!
Q: Who is your favourite Star Trek character and why?
A: Spock ! Spock was a character that they didn’t expect much out of, but they found out that through that character they could re-examine their theme or they could do a variation on it. The show seemed to be this very hopeful thing – getting over where we are now and coming to a time where we cold be showing the best of ourselves. Looking at the journey of how to get there. They had to ask what is it to be human in the first place? And that was really what gave it a ground, underneath. It was just one of those things where you cook up a bunch of characters and one of them makes you think, ‘I can really get my teeth into that person there’. I think Spike is a little bit the same way. He was able to take the theme and expand it.
Q: What sort of comedy do you enjoy most?
A: I like stuff that laughs at society. Doctor Strangelove is one of my favourite films. And it’s scary, too.
Q: Who actually won – the cavemen or the astronauts?
A: Cavemen! Fred said it on her deathbed, ma! She said cavemen! They have to pick small humans to be the astronauts because they have to fit in the capsule. It’s not going to be big, strapping astronauts going after these Neanderthals, it’s going to be pee-wee humans.
Thanks to Marion and Louise at Robot Promotions plus all the readers who sent questions in! Magazine cover - scan by Setje.
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Post by PokerKitten on Feb 19, 2005 22:35:57 GMT
Scanned by the lovely twistedspike who doesn't care who knows she reads the Star, lol! Thanks babe! Not to be reposted at Slayverse or buffy.nu. Thanks.
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Post by Pixie on Feb 20, 2005 9:31:25 GMT
Hmm... "impossibly perfect cheekbones"? I like that
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Post by DeeDee on Feb 20, 2005 12:19:05 GMT
Hmm... "impossibly perfect cheekbones"? I like that mmm... so do I and perfect everything else I hope ;D you can always dream
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Post by twistedspike on Feb 20, 2005 14:59:29 GMT
Hey I don't read it Mr T does Well unless James is in it LOL. ' We caught up with James 42, and Angel's other main star David Boreanaz 35 'I love that.......it seems DB didn't make as good an impression as James did in the interview.
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Post by nightnurse on Feb 20, 2005 18:14:43 GMT
Thanks TS....and Mr Twistie Now , were we surprised at all that James charmed the reporter...and Captain Forehead didn't ? LOL As much as I was impressed by DB at Halloween, I still think he can come across as surly...we know its probably shyness, but he could try harder !
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Post by Pixie on Feb 22, 2005 8:31:16 GMT
;D lol... yeah, I thought it was kinda funny, the show's called 'Angel' yet they prefer James, and poor DB is relegated to being the 'other' main star in his own show! Poor DB! lol
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 1, 2005 10:50:56 GMT
From Kristin's Chat last night: From xrollinthundrx: Do you have any news about that Spike movie? Guess who I'm talking to later today? Mmmm-hmmm. Spikey-poo himself, James Marsters, and you know I will ask him. Stand by for this week's column. And try not to drool.
From mlgm: Are you going to ask James about Cool Money? I haven't read any reviews yet. And will we be seeing him on talk shows? Of course--his movie, Cool Money, airs on USA on Mar. 18.
From lana234: You didn't tell us what Marti said about James Marsters! Ah, yes. Let me ask him about it first and give you the full story in the next column.
www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kristin/Trans/Archive2005/050228b.htmlSo we should have the interview by Friday
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 5, 2005 14:28:49 GMT
Well, Kristen's "next column" is up with nary a mention of James. Perhaps she meant her next next column
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 8, 2005 11:17:29 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 12, 2005 12:14:39 GMT
If this is it, Kristen's idea of an interview is a little disappointing, but it's better than nothing : Clearly, you want it bad. Especially you Spike (James Marsters) fans. Which explains why I received a lovely floral bouquet (on Valentine's Day, just to get my hopes up that John Stamos had struck again) and a card that read: "A year ago our heart was broken. We don't need an Angel to fix it. But James Marsters could get the blood pumping again!"
While discussing his new telepic, Cool Money (airing Mar. 19 on USA), James told me he was stunned to find out about the flowers. "Really? They did that?" he mused. "Wow. Just. Wow. I am speechless."
Thankfully, the words came when asked about the possibility of a Spike spinoff. "Joss and I have talked about [it]," he told me. "I told him I would be very interested in doing it within a five-year time span, but being that the character is a vampire, I didn't think that I was the guy to play him after that because, with everyone who played a vampire on that show, it was a prime concern that you try to maintain the look that you were hired with, that you really try not to age. Frankly, television will age you. It's like being the President. It's some long hours! And one of the coolest things about a vampire is his iconic ability to just not change. I told Joss I would love to work with him, whatever he's got. So, series , direct-to-video, animation, whatever! He's a good writer, so he tends to attract good writers, so it's good to work with him."
And it's good to watch him. Joss--who is very busy with his Serenity movie these days--declined a request to talk about the possibility of a spinoff. So, here's what I'm thinkin': We try and reach him another way. (Especially now that we know the clock is ticking.)
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In the meantime, you can catch James on the aforementioned Cool Money, which is the first chance for many of you to hear him speaking in his real voice, without the British accent. (Swoon.) The telepic, which airs Mar. 19 on USA, is a slick crime drama with a Guy Ritchie-esque feel and a compelling story. "I play the character Bobby Comfort, who's based on the real man, Bob Comfort, who spent most of his life in prison," James tells me. "He escaped from prison, got caught, but was able to argue successfully in front of a judge that his original sentence was unjust...and he got off free. And that's just the beginning."
Ditto for James' post-Buffy career in television, if the number of auditions he's been on lately is any indication. "I'm burning myself to a crisp auditioning for pilots, but it's cool, man," he says.
Former Buffy chief Marti Noxon might disagree, as it kept him from appearing on her Fox series, Point Pleasant. "I guess he's got a couple of major prospects," she tells me. "And as a result, we weren't able to bring him in for the last three episodes, which is what we wanted to do. But if we got a second season, we won't take no for an answer."
Spoken like a true fan.
Kristen's columnSo he's admitting to a bunch of auditions, and Marti is still living in Cloud Cuckoo Land, lol.
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Post by Pixie on Mar 12, 2005 20:23:24 GMT
I wish to goodness (a) Joss would just do a Spike spinoff and (b) Marti would just give up! lol...
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 14, 2005 23:14:48 GMT
More from Kristen during her latest online chat just a wee while ago (transcription not on the E!Online site yet; this is from the chat itself) pickles asks: Thanks for being supportive of Whedonverse fans!!! My vote is to see James Marsters in just about anything - Spike or otherwise. Do you think we'll see more of him soon? Kristin_Veitch replies: You will definitely see him THIS SATURDAY on USA for his telepic, 'COOL MONEY.' I've watched it and it's good -- fast-paced, well-written and of course YUMMY, thanks to James. It's actually nice seeing him in an entirely different (non British) light, though of course, you know my heart lies with Spikey. And you are welcome for this week's column -- I wish I could do more.
mlgm asks: Love the James Marsters info in last weeks column. Have you seen Cool Money? And what pilots is James auditioning for? Kristin_Veitch replies: Yes, as I mentioned I've seen it and it is TOTALLY WORTH cancelling your Saturday night plans! So make sure you do. James isn't at liberty to talk about the roles he's up for (Hollywood politics), but I'm hearing he's up for some very big, very leading-man roles. How delish is that?
AiaiaiaiaEEE! Let's hope she isn't talking out of her kazoo! And look how she has James on her telly! ;D www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kristin/
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Post by nightnurse on Mar 14, 2005 23:39:40 GMT
;D Squeeeee....I hope he is in the running for something big....and just how big a fangirly is Kristin LOL, she makes us look quite restrained
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Post by Cyrus on Mar 15, 2005 20:28:14 GMT
Wee ol' Spike pic and a paragraph about James in my mom's Guide for next week. Will take a picture and post later.
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 15, 2005 22:20:14 GMT
Cy, is it about a Spike movie? Cause I have the text of that now. ;D It's kind of a trumped up story but he is getting lots of publicity right now (his publicity gal should maybe get a raise!), so it's all good
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Post by Cyrus on Mar 15, 2005 22:25:02 GMT
Actually, I didn't read it *hides* I just saw the pic and went oooh James! ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 15, 2005 22:56:31 GMT
See, it is a mishmash of recent and not so recent comments that we've already seen re a Spike movie, including the Janollari stuff. Come on Cy, what's the pic like?!
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