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Smallville Has Marsters And More
James Marsters, best known as the blond, British vampire Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, will be making a guest appearance in the upcoming season of Smallville, the WB network announced. At the Television Critics Press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., Smallville star Tom Welling announced that Marsters would be playing a character from the original DC comic-book series. "Joining us this season will be another famous character from Superman lore, Milton Fine, also known as Brainiac," Welling told critics. "Brainiac, the ultimate villain, will be played by someone you are very familiar with, James Marsters of Angel, but this time without the British accent and the blond hair, which I'm kind of sad about, but we'll see."
In an interview with SCI FI Wire, executive producer Al Gough said that he and the other writers had been wanting to introduce the character for a while, and always had Marsters in mind for the role. "We always thought he was fantastic in Buffy and then in Angel, and he just felt like he'd be a good fit for this character," he said. "He was always sort of the first guy we wanted, and we met with him and told him the arc for what we wanted for Milton Fine as Brainiac."
Brainiac will be introduced as a college professor who tries to turn Clark against humanity, according to Gough. "He's a wonderful actor beyond being Spike, so I think he'll bring all of that to the role," he said. "We've talked about it, and what's nice is, he's going to be one of Clark's college professors. ... It's more of the grand seduction of Clark Kent rather than someone coming in and them throwing each other around. And I think James is really up for the challenge."
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=31771
Smallville Has Marsters And More
James Marsters, best known as the blond, British vampire Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, will be making a guest appearance in the upcoming season of Smallville, the WB network announced. At the Television Critics Press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., Smallville star Tom Welling announced that Marsters would be playing a character from the original DC comic-book series. "Joining us this season will be another famous character from Superman lore, Milton Fine, also known as Brainiac," Welling told critics. "Brainiac, the ultimate villain, will be played by someone you are very familiar with, James Marsters of Angel, but this time without the British accent and the blond hair, which I'm kind of sad about, but we'll see."
In an interview with SCI FI Wire, executive producer Al Gough said that he and the other writers had been wanting to introduce the character for a while, and always had Marsters in mind for the role. "We always thought he was fantastic in Buffy and then in Angel, and he just felt like he'd be a good fit for this character," he said. "He was always sort of the first guy we wanted, and we met with him and told him the arc for what we wanted for Milton Fine as Brainiac."
Brainiac will be introduced as a college professor who tries to turn Clark against humanity, according to Gough. "He's a wonderful actor beyond being Spike, so I think he'll bring all of that to the role," he said. "We've talked about it, and what's nice is, he's going to be one of Clark's college professors. ... It's more of the grand seduction of Clark Kent rather than someone coming in and them throwing each other around. And I think James is really up for the challenge."
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Date: 2005-07-25 09:29 pm (UTC)I wonder if The WB also encouraged castings James?
I did love Janollari's comments that The WB would love to do a Spike movie. Ever so firmly pointing the finger at Joss and saying its his fault you're not getting a Spike movie! Not ours - his!
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Date: 2005-07-26 03:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-25 09:40 pm (UTC)And how cool is it that they're saying they always had him in mind for the role (whether it's true or not, it's just neat to hear that sort of thing).
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Date: 2005-07-26 03:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-25 09:49 pm (UTC)Ooh...that could mean glasses...
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Date: 2005-07-26 03:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-25 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-07-26 02:51 am (UTC)What, does Welling have a crush on Spike, too? Hee!
You know, the more I read about this role, the more excited I am to see it, even if I do have to choke down Smallville to watch it.
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Date: 2005-07-26 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-26 02:57 am (UTC)And how nice will it be to see JM played as the smartone? (Oh, please, let there be glasses.)
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Date: 2005-07-26 03:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-26 11:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-26 09:39 am (UTC)I think I need to lie down for a while :)
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Date: 2005-07-26 01:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-26 01:53 pm (UTC)I think I'm going to have to tune into SV this year. Damn it.
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Date: 2005-07-28 12:59 am (UTC)