Marsters doubtful about 'Buffy' return

James Marsters has confessed that he would love to make a new episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but admits that the likelihood of it happening is very slim.

The actor, who played vampire Spike in the cult programme, told DS that he was eager to reprise his role but feared that network executives might not be willing to take the chance.

"Yeah [I would return], I mean, any time you can get that kind of writing in your mouth," he said. "A couple of years ago Joss [Whedon] came to me because they were thinking of doing a television movie...but ultimately it didn't come through.

"I think basically Buffy has always been an uphill battle. From the very beginning it was swimming against the stream. It's hard to get the suits to commit to another Buffy project, especially one that doesnt have Buffy in it as the lead."

He added: "It makes me just want to write my own and produce it."

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