James Marsters (Spike) is open to joining the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot

Recently, it was revealed that 20th Century Fox Television was rebooting Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Monica Owusu-Breen serving as the showrunner and a black actress in the title role. Then a bunch of fans nerd-raged out about the “remake” and Owusu-Breen tweeted some soothing words to calm them:

Although it’s not clear, Owusu-Breen seems to be implying that the new show ins’t a remake of the original, but rather a spinoff or continuation or something else that won’t involve recasting the characters we already know. That seemed to appease the masses, who quickly went back to tweeting about how Rian Johnson ruined their childhood. (I’m only half kidding.)

Anyway, at least one person was excited about a Buffy reboot from the jump: James Marsters, who played the vampire Spike in both the original series and the spinoff Angel.

And he wasn’t done. A group of reports on the Television Critics Association press tour visited Marsters on the set of his new superhero show, Runaways, and asked if he’d be interested in joining the Buffy reboot, according to The A.V. Club. “Joss’ mind is always surprising,” he said, referring to Buffy creator and Avengers director Joss Whedon. “I’m open to playing Spike if Joss is involved.”

"I am open to whatever Joss has in mind, whether that’s Spike or something else. I think the world very much needs a new Slayer right now."

That said, it’s been 15 years since Buffy ended, which would make it difficult for him to drop back into the role of Spike, an immortal vampire. “I think that we’d have to get some really good lighting together to sell Spike,” he laughed. “What would be great is if he comes back and he’s like [Adopts Spike accent.] ‘Buffy, you look terrible. I still love you, of course.’”

But ultimately, we don’t know enough about the show to know if it would make sense to include Spike, although there are possibilities. For example, what if it was an origin story for Nikki Wood, the Slayer Spike fought and killed in the ’70s?

That still wouldn’t address the “James Marsters is 55 years old now” issue, but it’s a start.

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