Huge interview with james marsters in SFX mag

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In the september issue of SFX magazine there is an eight page interview with james marsters[spike].In the interview things that are mentioned include stuff about his band ghost of the robot,angel and how shocked he seemed when they told him that SFX's readers were really please that spike would be moving to angel when buffy ended.There are also some great pictures of spike in a suit and dressed smartly and also a review of the ghost of the robot concert which took place in london on the 19th june 2003.

It even says that when this interview was done james has a cold and him and the interviewer started talking about phlegm and colds awwwww😀

James is also on the front cover of the mag and there are two different covers to collect,[well three if you are lucky enough to subcribe to the mag cos if you do then you would have got the exclusive cover with no writing on it and a different picture]

sorry that I can't post up the piccys on here as my scaner is not connected to the computer at the moment and sorry for posting this info again if someone has already posted it once🙂
Also if anyone wants me too then I'll type up the whole interview on here for you but I'm not going to do it before I know anyone wants to read it cos its three and a half pages of writing.
 
Originally posted by ~*Angel's_Girl*~
Id like to see the Interview if you dont mind typing it up. 😀
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No I don't mind at all I'll get started on it in a moment.....

Double Post (next time use the edit button!):

Here we go with the interview.......

ANGELIC UPSTART

so,spikes left buffy and joined the cast of Angel.Hands up who can't wait!JAMES MARSTERS talks to JAYNE DEARSLEY about the movie...

You'd be surprised at the surreal things that can happen on the day you've scheduled to interview james marsters.You can arrive a ridiculous two hours early because you were worried about missing your train.You can be glared at by a stange,scary woman as you kill time on a bench in kensington gardens,making you wonder if shes placing a voodoo curse on your head.You can sit in the lobby of the swish hotel where the interview will take place,watching a pool of water forming on the marble floor as a flood in room 125 drips slowly though the ceiling.
Posh guests can saunter to and fro,oblivious to the liquid soiling their expensive shoes.A smiling PR guy can usher you into the bar,but not before you've received a mighty electric shock as you shake his hand.

I'll write more soon....
 
Heres the next part.....

And then theres the presence of the marsters himself,walking towards you with a clear drink in his hand and a huge grin on his face.He looks well;those legendary cheekbones have filled out slightly,he's subtly tanned and the blond locks have their usual between-filming dark roots.Blue eyes twinkle.
He's spike:ethereal,every inch the star,as otherworldly as all the freaky incidents of the day.
Until he coughs the most unhealthy cough I've ever heard,and within moments we're discussing colds and the perils of phlegm.''when it's black,thats when you go to the doctor,''he points out,in a very un-hollywood way.
Suddenly he's not that blond bloke from buffy,he's just some down-to-earth geezer with a cold.
The world returns to normal.
''I'm feeling,really good''he says,settling back into a richly-cushioned sofa in a corner of the hotel bar.''Right now my mind is all about the band,frankly,because that's what I'm doing here.We've done some really,really good shows''
He's talking about Ghost of the robot,the group with which he wants to take over the world.You can tell he's serious because he raves about their music non-stop,hands moving wildly,bitten-down fingernails itching to pluck guiter strings.
A plectrum hangs on a chain around his neck.He's got the rock 'n' roll vibe coming out of his ears.

more coming later......
 
And here is yet another part....

''We don't feel like we're a celebrity band,''he explains,when asked if his fame from Buffy will be a good or bad thing for this new venture.
''The best argument to convince the audience that we're not just a freak show,or a celebrity show,is to play them the music;and quite frankly,once we do that...get 'em in the venue,and then start playing the music,and you get converts.Half the audience are people who have seen the show and are ready to erupt at anything,and I love that,and there's half the audience who are at the back going 'bring it on'And it's just wonderful to see them start to move,and by the end of the show they're going, 'yeah!'''
Judging by the contagious enthasiasm that's oozing from his every pore,Marsters is happy with his lot at the moment.Is he more about the music than the acting,though?We're a little worried....''No-I've always had my cake and eaten it,too!I have friends around me who say'James,you can't do both!Nobody does that!'I was always like'Why not?'you just use your creativity to solve the logistical problems.You just find a way.You give up sleep.you do.It's worth it.I like to express myself,I like the veil that art gives you.I've shown things in buffy that are very private,and nobody knows what they really are,and i got to sat them in public and have a response,And with the music,it's much more revealing because I'm writing my own stuff''

More coming later or tomorrow....
 
I'm back with more of the interview....

He wriggles on the sofa,cradling his drink.''If you really examine the lyrics you'll learn things about me that might be surprising,actually''
Surprising eh?Does he admit to liking donkeys or something?Marsters laughs,and a few heads in the bar turn to stare-his voice carries far across the room.
''sometimes I can write songs and I think,I'm gonna play this and people are gonna go, 'your a freak!'
And they just hum along and say 'thats a beautiful song.'It's just an amzing experience.Thats what art does,it reminds people that they are not alone.You say,'Wow,I feel that too!I thought it was just me!I thought i was a weird freaky person:everybody's like that!Wow,I'm not alone!'''
There must be many freaks in the world,if that's the case.
''There's a lot of human beings.We're all freaks,as it turns out.''
Marsters reckons-and he's right,dammit!-that America and Britain are the only countries who know how to play rock and roll.This seems to explain why he spends so much time over here,
''Frankly,I like England a lot''he nods.I point out that maybe it has something to do with the fact he's sitting in a unbelievably swanky hotel overlooking Kensington palace.
''Oh my God!!''he agrees,laughing wryly.''and I am now seeing Britain.The brits are wonderful.They have a very high social skill,they have a very high vocabulary.Social interaction is easier and more pleasant here.''
Judging by the mountains of letters received by SFX,the Brits like marsters too.At the mention of how pleased our readers were to discover he was joining angel,the actor looks shocked.
''really?''
He was one of the most popular characters in buffy,after all.
He looks absolutely astounded.He's about to deny it,but I know for sure that it's the truth.Honestly,if spike had'nt joined angel,I say,there would have been an outcry.People would have been furious!
Now he just looks embarrassed,so he chooses to deflect the praise by talking about one of his favourite subjects in the world-Joss whedon.
''Joss is so excited about it,too.He started to write my entrance scene in angel as he was supposed to be writng to death scene in buffy,and he had to stop himself!
He was getting so excited about the potential, and the things that he could do.''
So,spike and angel in same show.It'll be like two roosters in a henhouse.Does marsters see them competing,on-screen or off?He lays the question to rest with ease.

more coming later.......
 
I'll type up a little more interview before I have my dinner here we go.......

''It's his show,''he affirms.
''believe me.I'm not gonna out-sexy david boreanaz!''
Ah,but maybe he will:after all,Angel no longer removes his shirt on the show,whilst spike does it at the drop of a hat.
Marsters laughs a particularly dastardly laugh when I point this out,not at all offended to be discussing the allure of his chest with a virtual stranger.
''Well,you know,maybe we'll have a shirt-off competition,I dunno!No,it's definitely Angel's show,and if the show's going to continue to succeed it's because the character og Angel get's more and more intresting as the years go by.They're not going to do anything that's going to corrupt that at all.There's potential there for conflict with Angel,because spike knows buffy really loves angel and not him...and angel hates spike because hes been there recently!I don't think these guys are gonns be doing sny high fives.''
Marsters shugs,''Then again,we say that,and joss might do exactly the opposite.
At the same time,both of them have souls now,so there might be some connection between them,''
Will he be seeing much of his old buffy castmates?''oh,I imagine so ,you know,I feel like they're war buddies,I feel like we've been in the trenches lobbing hand grenades at time.Time is the mother.there's never enough time.
''I feel like I've seen the best and worst of all of them,''he muses,playing with the chunky silver chain on his wrist.''and the thing is,it really is like family;you can't choose family,but you can'y hate them,because if you do,if you hate those people,then you go down.So it forces you into a wisdom about people.All of my fellow castmates have delighted me,have frustrated me,it's a human thing;and the cumulative effect is that I think I have a beautiful warts-and-all appreciation for them.They are all very good people.There was no weak link.That was a well-populated show,there were a lot of characters,and there was never a bad one.''
He stops to ponder.''except for one,''

more coming soon.............
 
Here we go again with a little more interview.......

Intriguing!who?
''No.''
Go on!pleeease?
''There was one person who just did'nt gel.Not a regular,not a castmate.never mind.''
A cackle worthy of a pantomine villian leaves his lips
was it...?
But he heads me off at the pass,staring out of the window.
''oh,look at those trees.''
he breezes,all innocence.Then he turns back and wags a finger.
''you're never gonna get dirt out of me.First of all,there's very little dirt to get,and second of all you don't speak out about it.At the end of the day we created something beautiful,and we will always have that.''
The phase ''blood out of a stone'' springs to mind,so it seems to be a fitting time to change the subject,albeit reluctantly.

you know the drill....more interview coming soon.....
 
Originally posted by AshSan
Your doing great, keep up the work!
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Thanks,heres the next part...........

There's something else close to James marsters heart at the moment.In addition to spike and his music,there's now his movie career,which had just received a boost,as he's been cast in a movie based on a play called venetian heat.
Filming begins in september.
''I was just meeting with the producer and the director over there,''the actor reveals,nodding his head across the room at one of the many tables dotted around the bar.''there's Derek jacobi.''
Resisting the urge to turn around,I listen as marsters raves about the part,''It's about been yourself.When I first got the script I was really impressed by it,but I was really reticent about the sex scenes.
This might seem odd coming from the man whose character literally brought the house down with his sexual shenanigans in buffy-except that this time,he's talking a same-sex scenario.Which was an altogether different,um,kettle of fish.
''I had to confront my own homophobia,which I thought I did'nt have any of.I've grown up in the theatre and I thought I did'nt have any of that.It's not really about being gay:it's about been yourself:if you choose to live a lie.The movie takes place in fascist Italy,where being a homosexual means instant execution.
The movie ends in swathes of blood.It does not go well for these people!''

more coming later I've got to go out now but I'll be back oh yes I'll be back later......
 
I told you I'd be back with more did'nt I and I did'nt let you down.....

If your worried about spoilers,pretend you never read that.Marsters,however,seems unconcerned that he's given away the films fanale.''I think it's a happy ending!''he exclaims.''Because even if you die,you die true to yourself,then you have honour,and that's a good death.If you live a lie for 80 years,what the f*** is that?I,uh,found...I've had some unsuccessful relationships with women.Uh...and,without knowing,it,lived lies.Woman have...for their own reasons...''
He pauses to stucture his thoughts
''I don't wanna get too specific because this is my personal life,but I know what it is to wake up and realise that you are not living your own truth.And,when I made that connection with the character,I got really excited about doing this movie.I think I can play the living hell out of this part.I think I know this anger,I've figured out what he thinks the problem is...I mean,he thinks...Never mind,it's a secret.''
He stops talking with a sly smile,suddenly aware that he's on the verge of blabbing everything.
We can safely assume that he's just as enthused about this film as he is about his music and his television work-the guy has so much energy it's a miracle he's still sat on the sofa.Only his hands move about,perhaps still itching to play some tunes on his guitar.
Understandably,it's difficult to have a conversation about homosexuality with someone from buffy the vampire slayer without the subject of the willow/Tara romance popping up.
''It was'nt about being gay;it was just about being in love.Two human beings that were in love.It was beautiful.''Marsters declares,with pride.''Joss pushed that envelope.The executives,the higher-ups were very uncomfortable with that.He quit once,you know.He said,'fine.'He hung up the phone and he started packing his desk.They called him back and he told his assistant,''Tell them I'm busy,I'm packing my desk,and I don't have time to talk to them,I need to get my desk cleaned out.''
Wow,He was serious,then.
''And they went away for a while,and when they spoke again he said,'they have'nt kissed yet.'
They want him to eradicate the relationship and he said,you know,'they're kissing.They're kissing in the next episode.'And he hung up.
''It was a big envelope to push to have it being two girls.If you're gay and you happen to be a 14 year-old girl,it's really wonderful to be able to watch that on tv and realise your not alone.I am so proud of the show for that.A lot of times in my life I felt out of place or that I did'nt fit in,and so I really feel for people who feel that way.And it's hard,it's really hard to be gay in america.Ten per cent of the viewership is gay,so they want to see that reflected on screen,which is beautiful.''
Marsters seems genuinely delighted with the legacy that his show had given to the world.

Thats it for tonight more coming tomorrow yes tomorrow not the day after that or yesterday but tomorrow.....
 
See this is me back with more interview......

''I'm thrilled to be part of a project that can inspire the imagination of so many people.I mean,I did'nt write it;I did'nt write buffy,I did'nt write a word,but I got to be a part of it.''
Here's where I made a mistake.I imply that success of buffy isn't just down to the writers(who are,of course,brilliant)but to the cast as well.
From his reaction you'd suspect that I had just called his mother an old trout.He becomes vehemently defensive.
''It is not.It is not.It is all writing,and a really good actor understands that.Good acting is Not Messing Up Good Words.
If you can release the potential of the words...if you find yourself in the position of having to overcome the material,you're in the doghouse.The best thing to do is to recognise a good script and then serve it.''
Yes,but without a good cast,no-one would know if it was a good writing or not,I counter.
''There is a lot to say for good acting,but most actors will mess up good words.I'm not saying that acting's not valuable,and good acting is not rare-it is.But good acting is serving good words.It's releasing their power.''
It's true.Good writing is rare.
Marsters is deadpan,deciding to lighten the mood.''Good beer is rare,too.''
And good sex,I add,rising to the bait.
''And good sex,''he agrees.''unfortunatly''
The PR guy is hovering in the way that says,''the interview should be ending right about now.''Marsters rises languidly from the sofa and his thing.I wish him luck with Ghost Of The Robot and his coming year on angel,and he looks truly greatful,in the oh-so-humble manner he's honed to an art form.He leaves with a smile on his lean face.
As he exits the hotel bar I wonder if i should warm him about he flood on the floor of the lobby-he'll ruin his shoes if he walks through it.But he's strutting away with the cocksure,feline grace of spike.Suddenly,he's no longer simply some guy called james...he's the marsters again,larger than life,all-powerful and gifted.
If anyone can walk on water,he can.

And thats it all the interview typed up however coming later is the review of the ghost of the robot concert in london.........
 
Originally posted by Alyson
Aww thankz Karima for posting that, are your hands sore? We don't get it here in Australia but my freind was happy to scan it for me!

cover 01 / cover 02

pg 1 / pg 2 / pg 3 / pg 4 / pg 5 / pg 6 / pg 7 / pg 8
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My hands are just getting over typing it all up😀

Thanks to both and your friend for posting that all up and i think that means I don't have to type up the review of the concert as you can see it one of the pages YAY::dance::
 
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