Smallville gossip

[ivyfic]

Even though I bet most of you know this already,

I have mentioned before that the casting of James Marsters as Brainiac in Smallville this season seems like blatant Buffy fan pandering. I offer now an alternative explanation. According to a source not at all in the industry but who seems to know these things, the WB is casting Marsters in Smallville to prevent him from taking on new projects while they negotiate a Spike movie/mini-series/spin-off series/whatever. I don't pretend to claim this is the real reason, but it could be the reason. How sneaky of the WB.

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I disagree - I watched him in "Cool Money," an absolutely crap made-for-TV movie. Even though he'd buzzed his hair and given up the accent, he was still very recognizable. What was funny was that the British accent still snuck through sometimes. I guess if you have to speak like that for years, some of it sticks.

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

He was also in some episodes of Andromeda...

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Yes, but that was Spike in space - he had the hair and the accent. I could completely buy Spike living that long and making himself out to be Nietszchean royalty, but don't get me started on that...