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Marsters Wants Spike Fangy Again

James Marsters, who plays the vampire Spike on The WB's hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer, told TV Guide Online that he's got ideas about how to make his character dangerous again. Spike was rendered harmless last season by a computer chip in the noggin.

"He has powers; he just can't use them against human beings because The Initiative put that damned computer chip in his head," Marsters told TV Guide Online. "Basically, the writers had to find a way for Spike to stop trying to kill Buffy all the time, because he can't really kill her--and he can't keep failing at it, or he'll look pathetic."

Marsters has suggested to Buffy creator Joss Whedon that Spike make a move. "I'm hoping to go on [Buffy's spinoff series] Angel again, because I think I can draw more blood there," he said. "I could be a full-blown villain over there, because I can still mess with other vampires. And I hate the man anyway, because he took my girlfriend, so let's go!"

Marsters added that the girlfriend--the vampire Drusilla, played by Juliet Landau--will return. "She's going to be on a few Angel episodes and at least one Buffy," he said. "And I get to kiss her. It's fabulous to have Juliet back again, because there's a very romantic side of Spike, which I haven't gotten to play on since Dru left. We were supposed to be a Sid and Nancy, so we were always trying to act perverse, in a real subtle way. Doped up and horny, that's Spike and Dru all over!"