“I would have killed me off after probably three episodes.”
“As soon as the audience said, ‘Oh, we want him.
Oh, have him with Buffy.
James Marsters as Spike in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’.20th Century Fox Television/Kobal/Shutterstock
Oh, we love that character.’
He’s ruining the whole thing.
I would have killed me off after probably three episodes.”
He added, “I’m kind of a bastard when I’m producing!
He would later go on to reprise the role in its spin-offAngel.
It’s why we’re hideously ugly when we bite someone.
They did not want that to be a sensual kind of thing.
It was supposed to be horrific.”
And then, ultimately, a kind of guinea pig hero by the end."
