From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/03/06/questions-answers-and-son   
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   Questions, Answers And Song With James Marsters At Wizard World Portland   
   2016   
      
   Alyssa Pack wrote for Bleeding Cool from Wizard World Portland.   
      
   James Marsters is best known for his role as Spike on Buffy the Vampire   
   Slayer and the spinoff Angel, but appearances on Smallville, Caprica, a   
   great episode of Metal Hurlant, the voice who does the Dresden Files, and   
   other performances have cemented his acting as a fan favorite.  Getting a   
   chance to speak and meet fans in Portland at Wizard World he was happy to   
   answer questions about Buffy, voice acting, and whether he would be doing   
   more writing.   
      
      
   Question: Did you like acting in Buffy or Angel more?   
      
   James Marsters: “Honestly I think acting in Buffy was more painful because   
   when you love someone it hurts.  When I got to go over to Angel I just got   
   to be a headache to Angel and ruin his day and that was really fun.”   
      
   Question: How do you feel being on TV?   
      
   James Marsters: “It’s weird! Most of my life I was acting on stage and when   
   stage is over you never get to watch it. Watching myself on television is   
   hard because I critique myself and know where I messed up.”   
      
   Question:  How is it seeing a second generation watching this show for the   
   first time now?   
      
   James Marsters: “When we were filming Buffy I was constantly telling people   
   that if we do this show right, it could go multigenerational. If a show is   
   delightful enough it can catch on to more than one generation, that’s pretty   
   amazing.”   
      
   Question: How was kissing Buffy?   
      
   James Marsters: “Stage kissing for a camera is way different than kissing in   
   real life. It’s kind of dicey kissing on camera because it has to be so   
   technical to get the right shot. It’s so easy to corrupt the shot and I used   
   to be horrible at it. The first time I kissed Buffy it took 14 takes because   
   I kept messing up the shot. It’s just awkward because it’s nothing like   
   kissing in real life.”   
      
   Question: Which was your favorite jacket Spike wore?   
      
   James Marsters: “I think that the black jacket probably looked cooler but it   
   was useless. In the summer time it was a sweat box and in the winter time it   
   did nothing. They would give the rest of the cast big puffy coats and I   
   never got one because I had a jacket.  I would be freezing the whole time we   
   were filming though.  The captain john wool coat protected me very well so I   
   preferred that one.  The Buffy coat went through wars because there was only   
   one of them for 6 years.  In the beginning I used to give it to Sarah to be   
   a gentleman but after all the sweating and fake blood it got really gross.   
      
   Question:  Was it hard to sing with a British accent?   
      
   James Marsters: “No. The truth is as far as Pop and Rock is concerned,   
   British people are trying to sound American. I don’t really know how British   
   I sounded but I really didn’t worry about it too much.”   
      
   Question: What was your favorite Season of Buffy?   
      
   James Marsters: “That’s a complicated question because they are all so   
   different. The most fun I had was the second season when Spike was   
   introduced. Frankly, when you play a pathological murderer who enjoys   
   ripping people apart you don’t have to feel bad about anything or have a   
   conscience.”   
      
   During the Question and Answer, James Marsters was asked about one of the   
   songs he’s performed with his band Ghost of the Robot.  He answered the   
   question and then began to sing the song along but was quickly joined on   
   stage by his band mates in Ghost of the Robot, Sullivan Marsters and Charlie   
   De Mars.  They performed “The Cowboy Song” live on stage for the audience.   
      
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