From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   http://toofab.com/2017/11/28/how-spike-was-originally-supposed-t   
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   While Spike became a fan favorite on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he was   
   originally supposed to be killed by Angel.   
      
   James Marsters tells TooFab how his character was almost killed off and why   
   he'll never bleach his hair for a TV show ever again.   
      
   James Marsters went into his role as Spike on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"   
   thinking he'd only appear on five episodes before being killed off. By the   
   end of the show's run, he ended up appearing on 97 episodes, before jumping   
   over to "Angel" for an additional 24.   
      
   In celebration of the show's 20th anniversary this year, the actor spoke   
   with TooFab about how his character was originally supposed to bite the   
   bullet, what it was like reuniting with his fellow co-stars earlier this   
   year, and what it would take for him to bring back the vamp's bleach blonde   
   'do. (Hint: $$$.)   
      
           [4 minute video]   
      
           You've said your character was originally supposed to be killed off   
   and Angel was supposed to do it. Do you know the specifics of how he was   
   supposed to die?   
      
           JM: I know that the original plan was to break Buffy's heart, which   
   is always the plan. Angel and Buffy sleep together, Angel turns evil and he   
   was gonna kill me off and take up with Drusilla so Buffy could get   
   shattered.   
      
   They only built me up to be really cool so that Angel would be really cool   
   when he killed me and then they didn't kill me off. It's the weirdest thing,   
   because evil is not cool to Joss, which I really respected. I think evil is   
   cool, I think evil is pathetic and laughable most of the time. So when he   
   decided not to kill me off, he built me up so cool, it's like what do you do   
   with that character?   
      
   It was really great, Joss allowed me to do things that you normally wouldn't   
   let, you wouldn't risk that much on a character that was going to be around   
   a long time, you'd play it a little safer. But because he was going to kill   
   me anyway, he let me do some horrible stuff. That's my bread and butter,   
   playing characters that could be reviled, but will figure out a way to keep   
   the audience in my corner anyway.   
      
           [more == interview with Juliet Landau]   
      
      
   David   
      
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