![]() ![]() The disturbing incidents triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer. And when he was around to direct, Marsters realized he either wasn't in that episode or was in it minimally. Here's a look at the segment from the full episode of the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast (followed by a look at the complete episode)Īfter "nearly two decades" before speaking up, Carpenter claimed in her social media posts, "Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working on the sets of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Angel.' While he found his conduct amusing, it only served to intensify my performance anxiety, disempower me, and alienate me from my peers. Marsters also explained that Whedon wasn't around the set a lot when he started on Buffy and Angel. Marsters says he saw Whedon as a wizard crafting these amazing projects, but also said he could be a "Gandalf" that you would not want to make angry. So as Marsters saw it, Whedon was taking ut a lot of frustration not so much on him but on Spike & what he represented (with listeners left to take that theory for what it's worth). Marsters believes that Whedon saw Spike as this evil, homicidal creature who was meant to be defeated & overcome- not kept around and end up a love interest of Buffy's. I send my love and support to all involved.Touching upon the incident he shared previously where Whedon had grabbed him and backed him against a wall, Marsters says that he feels Whedon's utter hatred of things that are bad & evil combined with the network not letting him kill off Spike was a factor in the face-off. I do not support abuse of any kind and am heartbroken to learn of the experiences of some of the cast. ![]() He told his fans via Twitter that he condemns any kind of abuse: “While I will always be honoured to have played the character of Spike, the Buffy set was not without challenges. It is with a beating, heavy heart that I say I coped in isolation and, at times, destructively.” And the show’s other star James Marsters, who was best known for playing Spike, has also added his input. While he found his misconduct amusing, it only served to intensify my performance anxiety, disempower me, and alienate me from my peers. Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working together on the sets of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. She said at the time: “For nearly two decades, I have held my tongue and even made excuses for certain events that traumatize me to this day. The impact of the scandal has been far and wide since Charisma released her statement. Admittedly the first post by Charisma was when she was working on Angel, and I was long gone, but there are other posts subsequently that are making me think, ‘How on earth did I not know this was going on?” In an interview with This Morning, Anthony expressed how it has been a terrible ordeal which has impacted on his health: “I’ve been up most of the night just running through my memories thinking, ‘What did I miss? And this is not a man saying, ‘I didn’t see it, so it didn’t happen.’ It’s just I am gutted, I’m seriously gutted, because one of my memories, my fondest memories of Buffy, was the fact that it was so empowering, not just in the words of the script, but the family feel of the show.”Īnd he continued by revealing how he wished he could have helped the situation if he knew about it at the time: “I’m really sad if people went through these experiences that they didn’t - I was a sort of like a father figure and I would hope that someone would come to me and say, ‘I’m struggling’ or ‘I just had a horrible conversation. Anthony Head and James Marsters Speak Out On The Joss Whedon Scandal ![]()
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