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James Marsters - "Torchwood" Tv Series - Digitalspy.co.uk Interview

Webmaster — 2008-04-01T19:28:02Z

As the megalomaniac, pansexual Time Agent Captain John Harper, James Marsters has been a welcome addition to Torchwood's much-improved second season. So far Captain John has been unsucessful in his attempts to bump off the team, despite having posioned Gwen, pushed Jack off the top of a building, and blown up a warehouse with them all inside. But with a truly devastating finale set for this Friday, will Captain John finally get his way ? DS speaks to the cult legend Marsters to find out.

Let's start by talking about Torchwood...

"That show is the best. I love that show ! That show's pissing all the right people off, I love it."

What do you mean by that ?

I'm sure in the UK it is accepted for what it is more, but in Mexico and in the United States, there's a good streak of homophobia. A lot of characters are unabashedly bisexual in Torchwood ; in fact my character's way beyond bisexual, my character will do anything that has a hole ! I used to do lots of plays that could piss people off for the right reason and Torchwood's found a way to do that."

Is that what attracted you to the part ?

"No, I wasn't aware of the backlash at the time. I was just attracted to a really good script and a really fun character. I love playing people who are evil, don't care, and have no guilt. A friend told me to watch Doctor Who and I thought 'this is really fabulous actually'. We called Russell [T Davies] and asked him if I could be on Doctor Who and he said 'no', but that I should come over and be part of Torchwood instead."

In the penultimate episode we learn that Captain John is responsible for blowing up the building with the team inside. How does that play out in the finale ?

"Well I can't give too much away, but John has come into league with Grey. When we see him in the holographic image, that is a man who doesn't understand what is truly going on. That's the look of a man who's in way over his head and doesn't even know it yet. Things do change !"

Moving on to Buffy, do you think the Spike movie will ever happen ? Is it something you're still keen to do ?

"I would love to. My face has held up a little better than I thought it would ! One thing I told Joss [Whedon] is that I don't want to do the character when I'm so old that we have to explain that to the audience. I would like to film the character while he's still believably the same age. One of the coolest things about being a vampire is that you are immortal, so I think if we go back to Spike when I can't hold that illiusion, we're going to end it on less than a great note. I went to Joss and gave him an idea for a script that he liked a lot actually."

What's the gist of it ?

"Spike tries for the girl, he loses the girl, a monster attacks, he tries to defeat the monster and can't. But he wins a new pair of shoes for himself, because he can't fight any more and his old boots have given up on him. It sounds kind of stupid, but actually when you play the story out it's kind of funny. Joss said 'That's a great idea, I love it, it's cheap' - and it seemed like everything was set to go, but then it evaporated."

Do you think the idea could be revisited ?

"I am still interested in it. At this point I would like to do some camera tests to find out if it's possible to photograph me as Spike, but that's not hard to do. With the right lighting, who knows ? Maybe I should start drinking carrot juice ! The project is not really on the front burner with Joss now. It seems like he made a little attempt and then it just didn't happen. I don't wanna get bitter about it. I was kind of excited that it might happen and I've tried to make it happen.

"I never really felt that Spike was a character that held Joss's imagination, frankly. He was not designed to be part of that show. In the original concept of the show, vampires were to be killed, they were not to be felt for or liked. When I came around suddenly he had two vampires everyone liked - first he had Angel to contend with, which was not his idea, and then he had Spike. In a way I was in peril with the theme of the show in his eyes. In the back of my mind when the shows [ended], I kind of wondered if he would ever come back to the character. I thought it would be better for him if he didn't deal with that character any more. I never thought he'd get [the movie] off the ground actually, even when he was telling me he was going to get it off the ground."

As you say he's moved on to another project, Dollhouse, which you've been linked to. Any truth in that ?

"I'm not familiar with it. What's that ?"

(DS explains the concept).

"Wow, that sounds great. He hasn't mentioned it to me, but if he wants me to come and read, I would love to. He's a great boss."

What can we expect at The Rift event and your live gigs next month ?

"I think you can expect a very interesting time at The Rift. I'm very happy that we're not only able to get some of the major actors from Torchwood, who are all fabulous people by the way, but also three of the major writers. With the music, people can expect an intimate evening. I just tour with my guitar, and I play these songs that I've written. So, it's a simple evening, there's no bells and whistles."

What else is coming up ?

"I just got back from filming Dragonball, so I'm healing from that. I'm going back to do Smallville next week and think I'll be doing Torchwood again before too long. Then resting, and basically working out - Dragonball is all about muscles and I can't be doing the press tour for it without muscles. I gotta pump my pecs. Girls like boobs too, you know."

For more details on The Rift, visit jamesmarsterslive.com. The season finale of Torchwood airs Friday at 9pm on BBC Two.

James Marsters - "Torchwood" Tv Series - Tvguide.com Interview

Webmaster — 2008-01-25T20:31:23Z

James Marsters Previews His Sexy Torchwood Role

We'll always have Spike, but James Marsters' blond Buffy bloodsucker isn't the only sci-fi character the actor wants to sink his teeth into. Marsters was happy to share his upcoming otherworldly projects with TV Guide, including his flamboyant turn on the Season 2 premiere of Torchwood (Saturday, Jan. 26, at 9 pm/ET on BBC America). In this first of two parts, Marsters talked about his wild past, his romantic present and some future roles. In next week's Part 2, we'll discuss his return to Smallville.

TV Guide : In your guest role on Torchwood, you once again play a witty, randy scoundrel with a Brit accent. It's not a Buffy crossover, so who are you ?

James Marsters : Captain John is a Time Agent — a thief who travels through time stealing the wealth of whole planets. His partner used to be Captain Jack [series star John Barrowman], who's now reformed. I show up in town wanting him to come back to his villainous ways and have fun with me.

TV Guide : Early on, Jack and John do something that Buffy's Spike and Angel never would have done, no ?

Marsters : No, no, no. We kiss. My character is way beyond bisexual. Spike was a romantic ; this guy would do anything that moved. I cast a lustful glance at a poodle !

TV Guide : Yikes.

Marsters : Hey, when Captain Kirk went to different planets, he slept with different species. They just all looked like hot pinups from Planet Penthouse. We're a little more realistic. [Laughs] On some planet, you might find yourself having a relationship with something that looks more like a fish !

TV Guide : OK, so how was the kiss with Barrowman ?

Marsters : I had never kissed a man on film before, but luckily my girlfriend, Patricia, was there, and she said it was always a fantasy of hers that I would kiss another man. I probably can't give that to her in real life, so she came to the set. She thought it was really hot. I was turning my girlfriend on — it was all good.

TV Guide : Who is your girlfriend ?

Marsters : I can tell you that she's Patricia and she's studying design and fashion in Germany now. She's very, very wonderful. We've been together three and a half years.

TV Guide : She's living in Germany — and you're not. How is long-distance romance ?

Marsters : That sucks, especially because, as I say, she's wonderful and so being away from her is very hard. And at the same time, I'm so busy that if I had a girlfriend who thought I would be there for her seven days a week, I'd have a very frustrated girlfriend right now.

TV Guide : How did you wind up on a British sci-fi series ?

Marsters : I was on a concert tour in the U.K. — I broke up my band, so it was just me and my guitar — and my tour manager, Lisa, got me to watch Dr. Who. I thought it was a really well-written show and would be fun to do. So my agent called Russell T. Davies, who wrote Queer as Folk and is responsible for Dr. Who. Russell said no, but he would love for me to come on Torchwood, the spin-off. It's a funny, subversive show like Buffy. I feel very much at home.

TV Guide : What was a favorite subversive moment on Buffy ?

Marsters : What I'm most proud of is when we had a kid in a bell tower with a rifle right after Columbine, and especially the relationship between Willow and Tara. That was a big deal, and Joss [Whedon] got a lot of pressure to step off of that. To his credit, he didn't and gave a lot of gay women something to feel good about. That's one of the best things I've been part of.

TV Guide : So is the Spike spin-off absolutely dead now ?

Marsters : I don't think it's absolutely dead. I told Joss that I didn't want to do the character as an old vampire, which would be really sucky. [Laughs] But I'm holding up better than I thought I would. With the right lighting, we might be able to get away with it.

TV Guide : What was it like on the Torchwood set ? More high-brow than the usual Yank sets ?

Marsters : [Laughs] To the uninitiated, it can be a bit of a shock. It's a sexually charged show, so there are a lot of sexual jokes and a lot of double entendres in the air, but none of it is serious. After the first four days, I was saying stuff that made John start to blush. I told him, "Dude, you shouldn't have unleashed it. I told you I was nastier than you."

TV Guide : You return later this season, but will you be back next season ?

Marsters : I'd like to. The character is sexy and villainous. Why stop doing that ? Plus, Wales is great. If anyone wants a great vacation and they don't mind seagulls, go to Wales.

TV Guide : Didn't you write some of your new album, Like a Waterfall, there ?

Marsters : I finished three songs and worked on several others. That was a good time. Unfortunately, when I went back to shoot the last episode, I had a broken hand and I couldn't play guitar.

TV Guide : How did you break your hand ?

Marsters : Um, it was up in Canada. And for reasons of professional courtesy, I think I'm not going to say any more than that.

TV Guide : Did you get into a fight with an actor on the set of Smallville ?

Marsters : No, I haven't been in a fight in, like... 12 years. I'm a good boy now, don't be spreading that around.

TV Guide : When were you bad ?

Marsters : When I got kicked out of college, I went pretty super-wild for a few years. The head of Juilliard said [in a British accent], "You should quit before you get bitter. You'll never make it. So get out now." I'm not bitter because I did just fine. But right after, it did hurt and it did lead toward a dark period — a very funny dark period.

TV Guide : You recently released Like a Waterfall on your website. How would you describe your music ?

Marsters : I'd say it would be folk- and blues-driven with sprinkles of punk and pop and rock. There's also a taste of Joni Mitchell and jazz. We got the guitarist Ben Peeler from the Wallflowers to play. A lot of the songs were inspired by or directly about my girlfriend. I wanted to name the album after her, but I decided to be a little more discreet. She's got really nice hair that falls like a waterfall around her shoulders.

TV Guide : You were married previously. Do you have kids ?

Marsters : I don't want to talk about this too much, but yes, I have a son and I take care of my niece. I'm so proud of them.

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James Marsters - "Torchwood" Tv Series - 2x01 "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" Clip - Watch The Video 1

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TIME for young Dr Who fans to hide behind the sofa as racy spin-off Torchwood sees Captain Jack (John Barrowman) planting a smacker on rogue agent Captain John (James Marsters). See it on BBC2 at 9pm on January 16, 2008. - Graphics / Tv Series 2008-01-16 : "Torchwood"

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