From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   http://www.startribune.com/c-j-marsters-suffered-for-his-art-as-   
   pike-on-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/382526781/   
      
   Marsters suffered for his art as Spike on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'   
      
   Maybe "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fans knew how James Marsters suffered for   
   the role of Spike but I had no idea.   
      
   Between not eating to stay lean while his hair was being consumed by   
   peroxide, it's a wonder that he looks so healthy today or has any hair.   
      
   I interviewed Marsters when he was in Minneapolis for Wizard World Comic   
   Con.   
      
       [snip]   
      
   Q: When you were on "Buffy" did you ever worry about your hair falling out   
   because it didn't like peroxide?   
      
   A: Yeah. They told me repeatedly my hair would fall out or rather they were   
   not sure I would have hair by the end. Right on the bottle of bleach they   
   used it said, 'Only do this every six weeks. Not safe to use more often.'   
   And we did it every eight days, because a vampire is dead so your hair   
   doesn't grow so you can't have roots. The makeup department was really   
   particular: There can never be roots in your hair. So for seven years we did   
   it every episode. I agreed to bleaching when I thought I was going to die in   
   five episodes. I don't know if I would have agreed to it for seven years.   
      
   Q: But you've got a full head of hair.   
      
   A: Yeah, it's fine.   
      
   Q: There are men who would kill to have hair like yours.   
      
   A: [Laughter] My hair didn't care. It sloughed it off but then my scalp did   
   not like that. I didn't know what to do about it. It wasn't the most   
   glamorous part of the job.   
      
           [[much much much more of the interview at the link]]   
      
      
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