Buffy's Spike actor James Marsters is joining Marvel TV
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's James Marsters is taking his rightful place in the Marvel TV Universe where he's always belonged.
The actor - best known for playing the undead charmer Spike in Buffy - will star in Marvel's Runaways as one of the key figures in The Pride, a supervillain group who face a rebellion from their own kids.
Marsters and Eureka star Ever Carradine will play genius engineering scientist Victor Stein and his perky-but-brilliant wife Janet, the parents of telepathic high school athlete Chase (Pretty Little Liars' Gregg Sulkin).
"Loud-and-proud nerd" Alex Wilder's scheming mum and dad are the intimidating enforcer Geoffrey Wilder (The Wire's Ryan Sands) and cunning lawyer Catherine Wilder (American Crime Story's Angel Parker), whereas amateur sorceress Nico Minoru (The Affair's Lyrica Okano) has serious issues with her 'tiger mom' Tina Minoru (Political Animals' Brittany Ishibashi) and tech wizard dad Robert Minoru (Daredevil's James Yaegashi).
Purple-haired psychic Gertrude Yorkes's (One Day at a Time's Ariela Barer) parents are bioengineers Dale Yorkes (Alias's Kevin Weisman) and Stacey Yorkes (Major Crimes' Brigid Brannagh).
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Ruthless leader Leslie Dean (24's Annie Wersching) and her ex-teen idol husband Frank Dean (Ray Donovan's Kip Pardue) have big plans for their gorgeous light wielder daughter Karolina Dean (Project Almanac's Virginia Gardner).
Marvel TV boss Jeph Loeb announced the casting of The Pride: "This cast has come together in ways we couldn't have imagined and we are thrilled to work with this outstanding group."
"Marvel's Runaways has enough great actors to support two shows, but I love that this project contains multiple generations of incredible talent all in one story," original comic creator Brian K. Vaughan added.
The comic is being adapted for TV by producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who piled plenty of teen angst into Gossip Girl and The OC.
Marvel's Runaways will be airing in the US on streaming service Hulu and continues the studio's push into teen-focused live-action dramas.
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