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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:22:11 GMT -5
JM is 40!!
Over on the "star" section of the boards, I reprinted a large article from the New York Times, where JM finally admits his age. Go there if you want to read more.
Judith Goldberg
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:22:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the article! It is fabulous.
M.
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:22:45 GMT -5
That's what I thought - the most beautiful 40 years I've ever seen!!!
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:23:01 GMT -5
On second reading, though, I don't know that he actually admits his age as much as the writer "outs" him.
That happens all the time - even in benevolent, favorable pieces like this one, they *still* gotta bring out a little "dirt" where they can, and of course age, weight, love interests, and salaries are the hottest topics.
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:23:16 GMT -5
well I just read that his B-Day is 1968. so confused - if he really is 40. I need a 40 yr old that looks like that. yummmm.....
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:23:42 GMT -5
I think he has siblings whose birthyears are 1960 and 1964. I always thought from that info that he was born in 1962 and forty years old was correct. The birth certificate is public record anyway.
My supposition is that when he started to work as a regular on Buffy and the story arc was going to go toward a Spike and Buffy relationship, that someone else in WB or ME maybe wanted to keep the age difference between James Marsters and Sarah Michelle Gellar from being too obvious. So rumors started that he was 29. Pure speculation.
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:24:34 GMT -5
Thanks ladies (none of the guys responding to the article -- hmmm --- what a surprise!)
It is FUN loving Spike isn't it.
I agree with you Alexandra. I think his age was hidden because there is a 15 year age difference between him and SMG (she's listed as being born in '77).
I always felt the kissing between DB and SMG seemed more "natural", but when she kissed JM it always seemed that, IMO, a little "uncomfortable between the two actors. (Though believe me I love the scenes of JM kissing SMG.)
But I've always read about how JM is at the conventions -- how friendly kind and warm he is as a person. I always wondered, if he felt a little uncomfortable doing love scenes with someone so much younger -- even though SMG was 23 when she first "kissed" JM on the show.
Anyway, now I'm rambling. The article made me happy because I (as you guys do too), always felt that JM was and is one of the best actors around. I was glad to see him get such recognition in such an important publication.
And yes 40 looks great!!
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:24:52 GMT -5
Yeah, he's 40 and who cares???!!! ;-) He's BEAUTIFUL.
As far as the age difference between him and SMG, #1 - I don't think it's that obvious at all just looking at them together, and #2 - it's not that much of a difference when you think of SOME real-life couples where the man is easily old enough to be the woman's father or even her grandfather!!!
Sure, biologically speaking he could be SMG's father by being 15 years older than she is, but from a practical matter, it's not like he was 20+ years older.
Oh - did I mention that he's just BEAUTIFUL?
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:25:09 GMT -5
I think men come in to their prime at 40. Plus the age is better for me - it was kind of embarrassing to have the hots for someone that was (supposedly) younger than my two sons ;-)
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:25:28 GMT -5
I agree, Claire - I'd say at LEAST 30, though. I'm so happy and proud of JM - just seeing him on tv, I would never have guessed him to be over 28 or so.
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:25:43 GMT -5
Judith, I know what you mean about how comfortable the kissing looked between SMG & DB - but they didn't have as much to try to get comfortable with as SMG & JM did.
I mean, think about that Smashed encounter - SMG had to let JM hoist her up so she could get her legs around him, then "unzip" him and start with the pumping action, all while staring him straight in the eye. They had loads of scenes like that, not to mention the rape scene.
If they weren't comfy at first, I sure hope they got comfy, or it would have been unbearable.
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Post by Dalton on Jan 29, 2004 22:26:06 GMT -5
Yeah, poor SMG... ;-)
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