Marsters outlines 'Spike' movie plans

Buffy star James Marsters has revealed details of a proposed idea for the much-mooted Spike-oriented movie.

The actor said he had approached show creator Joss Whedon with the plans but the project has since been abandoned.

Summarising the plot of the film, Marsters told Digital Spy: "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."

Marsters, currently appearing in BBC Two's Torchwood, said he was "still interested" in the movie but doubted Whedon would return to the character.

"I never really felt that Spike was a character that held Joss's imagination, frankly," he added. "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. In the back of my mind when the shows [ended], I kind of wondered if he would ever come back to the character. 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."

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