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THANKS FOR WATCHING MID
MORNING THIS FRIDAY.
WIZARD WORLD COMIC CON GETS
UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON.
ONE OF THE STARS THERE WILL
BE VERY FAMILIAR TO FANS OF THE
SHOW BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
AND ANGEL.
HE PLAYED THE PLATINUM BLONDE
BRITISH VAMPIRE SPIKE AND JAMES
IS WITH US ON WCCO MID MORNING.
THANKS FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
KYLIE WAS SAYING IT'S WEIRD TO
SEE YOU.
I WATCH AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT FOR THE MOST PART YOU
ENDED UP OKAY.
YOU WERE SO MEAN FOR SO LONG
THAT JUST SEEING YOU IN PERSON.
I WILL ONLY BITE YOU IF YOU PAY ME.
DO YOU GET THAT REACTION
FROM FANS A LOT WHEN YOU MEET THEM?
YEAH, FEAR.
LOVE IT.
JASON IS IN THE MIDDLE.
I WILL KEEP YOU SAFE.
YOU CAN KEEP DOING THE
BRITISH ACCENT FOR THE INTERVIEW.
THAT WOULD BE FINE.
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
WE SEE BRITISH ACTORS WITH
AMERICAN ACCENTS BUT THIS IS A
LITTLE DIFFERENT.
ONE OF THE CAST MEMBERS WAS
BRITISH AND HE SCHOOLED ME
QUITE RUTHLESSLY AFTER HE
MESSED UP TOO MANY MANY TIMES.
YOU WERE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE
ON BUFFY FOR A COUPLE EPISODES
BUT FANS LOVED YOUR CHARACTER.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ANGEL'S
FIRST KILL AFTER -- ANGEL
SLEEPS WITH BUFFY, TURNS EVIL
AND KILLS ME, TAKES UP WITH
BUFFY AND BREAKS HEARTS.
AS ONE WOULD EXPECT.
A GREAT SHOW.
WHEN YOU WERE PART OF IT DID
YOU THINK THAT YEARS DOWN THE
ROAD IT WOULD BE SUCH A BIG HIT
WITH FANS, THAT YOU WOULD STILL
GET THE REACTION WHEN YOU MET
THEM?
I WAS HOPING.
I WAS A STAR TREK FAN WAY BACK
AND I WOULD SAY GUYS WE CAN BE
THE NEW STAR TREK IF WE PLAY
OUR CARDS RIGHT.
IF WE ARE THE NEW STAR TREK, I
CLAIM SPOCK.
AS AN ACTOR, I SUPPOSE IT IS
A MIXED BAG THAT WHEN CREATE A
CHARACTER THAT'S LOVED, IT'S
BEEN A WHILE THAT BUFFY WENT
OFF AIR, BUT THE FLIP SIDE IS
YOU ARE LINKED WITH THE
CHARACTER.
BUT IT IS NOT LIKE IRKLE.
THIS IS COOL GUY VAMPIRE.
SO IF YOU HAVE TO THINK OF ME
AS SEXY VAMPIRE GUY, THAT IS A
CROSS I WILL BEAR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FUNKY FAN
INTERACTIONS THAT STICK OUT IN
YOUR MIND? NO.
I MEET INTERESTING PEOPLE.
BUFFY FANS TEND TO BE
INTELLIGENT.
THEY TEND TO BE HUMOROUS.
I MET SOMEONE WHO HELPED DESIGN
THE MARS ROVER WHO IS A BUFFY FAN.
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN, A LOT
OF SCIENTISTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
INTERESTING.
I DON'T HAVE STRANGE INTERACTIONS.
I WISH I DID.
THE SHOWS HAVE A SECOND LIFE
THE WAY THAT THEY ARE ON NET
FLIX AND A NEW GENERATION IS
DISCOVERING THEM AS WELL. YEAH.
I JUST RAN INTO -- I THINK SHE
WAS 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD.
SHE WAS DRESSED AS SPIKE AND
STARTED A BUFFY FAN CLUB AT
SCHOOL. OH, THAT'S COOL.
I WATCHED IT AFTER IT WENT OFF
THE AIR AND IT CAN RESONATE
WITH SO MANY GENERATIONS EVEN
THOUGH YOU LAUGH AT THE PHONES
THAT WERE USED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING,
IT WOULD BE THE FASHION.
DON'T CHANGE THAT!
THE CLOTHES ARE ONE THING
THAT DATES IT.
ON THE SHOW I WAS FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS IN BLACK.
I REMEMBER GOING TO THE
DESIGNER SAYING WHAT IS THIS? GILLIGAN'S ISLAND?
AND LOOK WHAT YOU ARE
WEARING TODAY.
I KNOW.
COME SEE JAMES AT COMIC CON.
IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
GREAT STUFF, GREAT ACTORS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.