Spike & Dru take on the British Slang Challenge 🇬🇧 | Slayers: A Buffyverse Story

[@UKCougar]

Also, I met James Marsters at a con once. He was one of the loveliest people it's ever been my fortune to meet. He greeted everyone like they were the first person he'd met that day, such a 'ledge.'

[@icemanlj2k7]

Same here. He was such a delight. Happily chatted to us for a few minutes despite how busy he was and took several pictures

[@englishatheart]

Eh, I'm sorry, but anyone who writes songs about an underage girl and mentions her feet is just weird. I know it's abour her crush on him, but it's not something a grown man should write a song about.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

​@@englishatheart Aren't you an opiniated one. You're just a little Ray of sunshine.

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

@@englishatheart So you're that kind of girl.

[@alanmackie7012]

Every time Spike came out with a great British phrase, I thought, "I bet Tony's taught him that".

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Bollocks!

[@djco5782]

After Tony left, there wasn't the same level of quality control; there was a line in a later episode where Spike tells someone to "W*nk off!"

[@Marwolaeth01]

James actually American, Juliet actually Ameriacan, and yet it's Anthony's real voice that always shocks me the most

[@JnEricsonx]

Yeah, reminds me of when I met Adrian Paul of Highlander.

[@Marwolaeth01]

@@JnEricsonx Oh wow, Adrian Paul. Seeing him in Highlander was what inspired me to work out and learn martial arts. I mean I never did, but for 5 minutes after each episode, I was going to.

[@MINKIN2]

And it was Tony who would voice coach James in the series too

[@donnywilliamson5807]

Well Juliet was born in America but moved to England as a child and back to America in her late teens. Source IMDb.

[@gordonhotchkiss646]

James was actually in series 2 of the British show Torchwood. He played an old friend of Captain Jack's

[@amitshukla8379]

James incorrectly answering the questions with such confidence is hilarious 😂

[@gateauxq4604]

He knew he was screwed from the first so he just leaned into it.

[@aaronleverton4221]

On brand for William the Bloody.

[@The_One_In_Black]

I'd never heard Juliet Landau's real voice before 🤯

[@murraymint8599]

Me nether it doesn’t sound right

[@andrewleah1983]

Have you never seen Ed Wood?

[@murraymint8599]

@@andrewleah1983 no

[@andrewleah1983]

@@murraymint8599 I didn’t address you but okay 🙄 You should.

[@murraymint8599]

@@andrewleah1983 sorry

[@victorv5109]

Spike called Angel a Muppet when he turned into an actual Muppet but I always assumed he was insulting him with the slang use 😂😂😂

[@danielaferrari1380]

In Angel "5x14-It's smile time", Spike called Angel a puppet. He said "You're a puppet ! You're a bloody puppet !"

[@stephensmith4124]

"Your a wee little Puppet man!"

[@DrMaiXiang]

"Wee ickle puppet man" @@danielaferrari1380

[@RamblingMann37]

Puppet that will forever resemble Matt from wild things

[@bernardsoul5186]

No, he didn't.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

I’m a 43-year-old British woman, and I’ve never heard of “Chirpsing”. This was fun, though. I always smile to hear Anthony’s real accent. ☺️

[@guyverjay1289]

Chirpsing has been around since the 90s

[@RebornLeveller]

I'm a 46 year-old British man, and I had never heard of it either.

[@CycolacFan]

Never heard it either, maybe it’s a regional thing and not UK-wide.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

@@CycolacFan That’s a very good point, things do tend to vary so much from one region to another! I knew all the others because my mother is a Cockney, but that one was maybe after her time or, as you say, from a different part of Britain.

[@fuelledbylattes]

40-year-old Scot here, and that's the only one I'd never heard too!

[@coralxoxo3417]

"cracking your skull open" James your Spike is showing

[@vixitrixalina]

Ooosh

[@GuitarsAreHard]

Juliet Landau is incandescent & such an under rated actor. It's a crime that she wasn't a huge star, and i feel deprived of seeing much more of her talents. Her Buffy character, Dru, was criminally under developed. And she once followed me on Facebook! Plus her mother was my first childhood crush on Space 1999.

[@stinkhornadrian]

She's EFULGENT

[@jimreilly917]

I had no idea that was her mom.

[@WertyQ543]

Her dad is an acting legend as well

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

Oh my god. Watched Space: 1999 and Buffy a million times, never made the connection to Barbara Bain although it's blindingly obvious in this little clip.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Both her parents are in Space 1999. But for Space-Crushes,... mmmmm, Maya, aka Catherine Schell.

[@tconnolly9820]

Juliet/Dru is just absolutely gorgeous. She's hardly aged in all that time. Just so adorable ❤️

[@jonrazo7912]

She is actually a vampire.

[@davepastern]

she's stunning!

[@aaronleverton4221]

None of them have. Not appreciably in a visual sense. Modern life/medicine/supplements/makeup is a heck of a drug.

[@random22026]

Love how she slid right back into Drucilla character. Awesome!

[@ianrhodes6928]

Nearly 20 years ago she did a signing at my local comic store and I was bowled over by how stunning she was in person. Great to see she's still the same.

[@benjamintriplett3]

God Anthony Stewart Head gets more handsome with age.

[@Henrik_Holst]

ages like fine wine, Juliet though looks to not have age a bit, perhaps she really is a vamp!

[@dannyH84]

He looks younger

[@christianemden7637]

He would be my dream cast as the Doctor

[@jadedjonny1040]

I can't believe he's turning 70 in a few months. Looks like he's in his 40s or 50s.

[@MorningOnMars]

Had a crush on him as a kid, turns out that hasn't changed. He's beautiful.

[@ExLibris-Alys]

I absolutely LOVED Buffy and never missed a single one. For ages I didn’t realise that Spike wasn’t actually English irl. Love you all ❤

[@lambchops29]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that.

[@BadgerUKvideo]

Wesley is American too. Which is even more confusing because he was an Angle in Sharpe also.

[@ExLibris-Alys]

@@BadgerUKvideo I did know about Wesley which made his almost perfect English accent very impressive 👏🏻

[@nickmitsialis]

@@ExLibris-Alys And all this time, I thought Denisov was, in fact, British.

[@nickmitsialis]

@@lambchops29 Freakily enough, he's from Modesto (ain't that George Lucas' home town?)

[@Only1WithAnE]

I always found Juliet so pretty and I loved her as Drusilla. She's aging gracefully

[@joefriedman9843]

When she breaks out the Drusila voice. So good.

[@rosco-m]

Juliet Landau found the fountain of youth it seems! She looks younger and even more beautiful now than she did on Buffy/Angel! x

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Or maybe she's more like Dru than we know! Can she be seen in a mirror?

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Wait, didn't Harmony Kendall solve that problem so she could put her makeup on right?

[@mchllwoods]

after all these years they still look adorable. they aged very well!

[@barnbum5585]

Juliet Landau was so crazy awesome as Dru. I wouldn't know that she wasn't british. She's amazing.

[@ceceliam9014]

Juliet Landau killed it. Makes sense because her accent is really stellar.

[@mrknighttheitguy8434]

juliet is one of my favourite actors, thanks to her parents.

[@moreau1755]

Juliet spent some of her childhood growing up in the UK when her parents were filming Space 1999; that's where she first learned the English accent.

[@mrknighttheitguy8434]

WHAT! Her 'English' accent is about the worst I've ever heard; she's right up there with Katie Sackoff! Space 1999 lasted 2 years! @@moreau1755

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@moreau1755 Thats where she learned 'an english accent'. There are around 600 dialects in the UK. There is no one 'English accent'.

[@moreau1755]

@@Thurgosh_OG No, I meant "the." Being British myself, I am well aware there are hundreds of different accent variations on England. However, I was referring specifically to the one Juliet uses. Perhaps I should have phrased it slightly more clearly: "that's where she first learned the English accent she uses as Drusilla."

[@paulastapleton9072]

I love listening to all these guys. I love that Tony's real voice is 'Spike', such a fun chat.

[@starholly1157]

This was fantastic. James calling Tony HOT and Tony's response just goes to show the tight friendship but somehow sexy cause of the accents lol

[@swanronson173]

Juliet still got it. Dru, queen of the vamps 🦇❤

[@willowtree9977]

Omg Juliet Landau is still so beautiful. Loved that muppet was one the slang words

[@thombrown]

Anthony looks amazing!

[@DarthCyren]

Indeed! They all do! I'm ready for Angel Season 6!

[@kaylan5832]

So good to see these three! It's like seeing an old friend you have fond memories of ❤

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

I love this video and I love how good a sport James is! Though biggest credit is to Juliet, as she _slays_ this by comparison.

[@audibleuk]

Love what you did there 😂💜

[@SRX2004]

Love this. Only recently realized that Juliets parents were Martin Landau and Barbara Bain from Space 1999 :-)

[@sooskevington6144]

And before that from the early series of Mission: Impossible, although I think you're too young to know that - way before your time

[@trillium.3.24]

It was only when I saw this video that I realized Tony played Rupert in the Ted Lasso show. It was like a lightning strike of recognition. Shows how brilliant of an actor he is in any role. It was lovely to see these three together again!

[@KYRSZ-gd1qt]

That is crazy and quite a coincidence as Tony also played Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[@theoriginalsuzycat]

@@KYRSZ-gd1qt All we need now is Anthony Head as Rupert the Bear.

[@KYRSZ-gd1qt]

@@theoriginalsuzycat lol

[@bobapjok4241]

Wow, i have never heard Juliet's normal voice before (i only know her from Buffy). Ive heard James' before and was just as shocked the first time i heard his

[@zahrans]

Watching with with a big silly smile plastered on my face. 😀

[@Stuart267]

First time I saw James Marsters in a movie was House On Haunted Hill & I was surprised to find he was actually American. The guy does one of the most authentic English accents I have ever heard from an American. Worst has to be Don Cheadle in Oceans 12

[@wulfgold]

Everyone's aged really well, Juliet looks fantastic.

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

James and Juliet could still play Spike and Drusilla today! They've barely aged.

[@YNWANOTOURIOUSUFC]

Im shocked James was so bad at this because he used some of this slang in buffy 😂. Still love buffy to this day and Angel was awsome

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Probably pretending a little bit for humorous effect. After all he worked so hard to give a pretty convincing accent back in the day it stands to reason he'd pick up some of the slang too.

[@razor1uk610]

@@dallassukerkin6878 ..True, then again in hindsight, with him not being British at all, and having to learn his lines more likely in a phonetical style to keep in accent, any meanings of British slang(s), idioms & colloquialisms likely would be forgotten by his American brain in the retaking of scenes/shots.

[@hummingbird11]

Awww.. haven't seen Anthony Head for a while. He was my favourite character on BTVS. James Marsters was my fave villain, & Juliet Landau's acting skills were phenomenal on the show. For me, the best line in the entire show was Giles; "bloody hell!" he yelled drunkenly while heading upstairs, after he found out that Willow was a lesbian. 😂

[@angelawheatley4569]

Check out Ted Lasso - Anthony Head has a small but very entertaining role in it

[@optionhotdogmeowkshake4090]

He's also wills dad ✌️

[@GalahadGregory]

This was great! Some much needed new content for long-time fans.

[@boobookittifukk]

I love how Anthony Head sounds like Spike in real life ❤ Also, Anthony and James have aged like fine wine and are gorgeous. Juliet is ethereally beautiful, hasn't aged at all and might actually be a vampire in real life.

[@georgedaole-wellman3950]

Seriously what the heck, she's 58?! She looks like she's 28.

[@bethrivas5041]

I read that James actually based the Spike accent on Anthony's real accent.

[@roryb3013]

I’ve not seen any comment saying this in like 10 vids 😂 she looks younger now than she did then crazy

[@tygor_tora]

@@bethrivas5041 Wasn't that supposedly because he was originally horrible at it, and Anthony came storming up to him like "I've got friends at home who watch this show, and I won't have them laughing at me because your accent's wrong", and proceeded to teach him how to do the accent properly? Or was that just a rumor? I thought James talked about it in an interview years ago.

[@theoriginalsuzycat]

@@tygor_tora well it was originally quite bad. Even once he settled into it Spike always sounded a bit transatlantic

[@random22026]

This trio is ICONIC. 'Nuff said.

[@LaylaSpellwind]

Oh my god, this is wonderful! They're all so different from their characters in so many ways. Truly, they are brilliant actors!

[@crowofcrius]

Listening in Audible, super fun, hope you guys do another one. Really fun having the old crew in!

[@REKEOJ]

Juliet is a vampire. Hasn't aged a day.

[@dauntlessasmr7910]

She looks just like her mom. It blows my mind that she's 10 years older than I am. But if we were walking down the street together, and people didn't recognize her, they'd just assume I must be her dad. Maybe she is a vampire.

[@JeccaJ]

Juliet absolutely nailed this, I think a few Brits wouldn't get one or two of them depending on where in the country they are. James was masterfully bad at this!

[@MissPickles1980]

Yeah, there's a few of these which are distinctly *London* slang and not as familiar for those of us further North. Y'all reet pet?

[@JeccaJ]

@MissPickles1980 Wey aye, marra, purely belta!

[@ScottDobson-b1q]

Yeah like James and Juliet just from apples I would have said the same as James their a fruit since the full slang is apples and pears or up the apples and pears as I used to get told when I was a kid at my grandparents

[@bhart3321]

James doesn't need peroxide anymore his hair is practically the proper color now.😂

[@aymsp]

Here to comment and support! Love love love ❤️❤️❤️

[@fesalatijannati5677]

I'd love to see a spin off based around the past of these two through out the ages they were vampires.

[@antoniolamounier]

I had such a great time. Thank you for this.

[@balletabela]

I just renewed my Audible for this!! Omg the music at the beginning, yay!

[@antediluvian2380]

It's a tragedy that people get old....but they never get old for me. I love Buffy and Angel series.

[@kerryholland4822]

Ive met Juliet who was ridiculously LOVELY. And so was Tony when i met him! I hear so many people say thr same thing about James! I fell the Giles, Spike and Dru is the Spin off we all need!

[@clairehamill1383]

Fantastic, how I miss you all. ❤xxx

[@claudio_slayer]

I love them 😍 Giles, Dru, Spike 🤩 #BuffyTheVampireSlayer 💘

[@Tsotmiam]

That was amazing!

[@hollymauk8008]

God,they’re still adorable!!!!❤❤❤

[@firstclasspropertiesgroup8124]

Love you guys! Loved Slayer! Please do another season!

[@lesliegolding7159]

Juliet lived in London in her teens, so some of them she would know from then. She went to my old school.

[@ma22_783]

Perhaps the long promised Anthony Stewart Head, " Ripper" series can be a series on audible?

[@luminyam6145]

Three stellar actors from that series. I have such a love of Juliet's acting I actually thought she was British because her accent was so great.

[@susansokoloski2233]

Loved the Audio book play and this was so fun. It is so clear, Juliet's resemblance to her father...both "Legends!"

[@nixonagnewreviews7206]

what were their voices like, sound the same or aged?

[@RamblingMann37]

This is the most perfect TV show ever

[@gloomgirl]

Hearing Spike and Drusilla’s real voices is freaking me out lmao-they were the very best Vampire duo, ever ♥️♥️

[@lobomella]

I had to Google it to be sure: she is 58 years old!! How is that even possible?! 😧😱

[@SuziQ.]

No sunbathing, no stress, or she’s really a vampire.

[@thefrozenwolf13]

And this is why we love Dru

[@mikk2781]

Man, I crushed on Juliet Landau when the show was on, and she’s still freaking gorgeous.

[@donnywilliamson5807]

I can't remember how long into BTVS I was when I found out James is American and not British. It blew my mind.

[@cwolf201]

I'm just glad we got to have a new adventure in the universe. The audible is a great new story. and cool seeing this video

[@MissTease77]

Had so much fun listening to this thank you !!

[@lvlister2005]

Loved this and loved the story it was so amazing to hear almost everyone again ❤

[@Nmh86]

Juliet is absolutely stunning she hasn’t aged a day since Buffy!

[@PredaConvoy]

This is super endearing! I love them 🥰

[@userasdf]

Pretty sure Spike calls someone a muppet at some point in the series.

[@LegoGBlok]

Indeed.

[@Glitch1082-g8f]

Angel when he turned into a puppet in Smile Time, but Spike called him a "bloody puppet" and a" wee little puppet man" not a Muppet

[@AngelLestat2]

0:57 Yeah! A bit of the Dru that we all love.

[@xragdoll5662]

Juliet has aged BEAUTIFULLY!

[@benjamin86]

I think she might actually be a vampire, she's not aged!

[@stephennewton2777]

I’m appalled by how good all three of them look. Share the secret you bastards!

[@eddhardy1054]

Well two of them are members of the undead and I suppose that helps 🤔

[@natalielang6209]

Why does Anthony Head just keep on getting better and better? And Juliet is as stunning as ever. Sorry James.

[@eclaire_x88x]

She's pretty good at this actually

[@stargazer1682]

I'm so happy I got the Apples one! I immediately knew it had to be rhyming slang. 😁

[@lindaphillips598]

I've met all 3 of these people, each one is so lovely 😍

[@pigstix]

I loved Spike and Dru, two of my favourite characters.

[@Gingernat089]

Loved this!

[@snakey319]

Juliet looks so much like her beautiful mother Barbara, such a happy thing.

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Awesome ❤❤

[@ahub87]

I knew “muppet” because I’ve heard Gordon Ramsay call so many ppl/chefs/cooks that lol

[@thePsiMatrix]

"Chuffed" - exactly what she was when she got them right

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

They all still look incredible

[@Satans_Little_Helper]

This was a fantastic story! 🖤 It's perfectly terrifying.

[@something-beautiful]

Tbh never heard of ‘apples and pears’ but the rest 100% took me back to my youth !

[@Alice-go2nc]

Juliet is so good at this

[@jennymckinnon9528]

just how GORGEOUS does Juliet look!!!!

[@ThePoorBoy]

Everybody from Buffy has been aging so beautifully. Juliet ... holy smokes!

[@azrael_hypo]

i'm from the North West and i've never heard "chirpsing". i've also never actually heard anyone use "apples" outside of people being quizzed on their knowledge of Cockney rhyming slang, but that could just be because i don't know any Cockneys. according to the OED, "Barney" meaning "A row or noisy argument; an altercation" is a lot older than the Flintstones

[@novarafan6423]

I'm British and I have NEVER heard the term "chirpsing"

[@Briansgate]

gracious Juliet has aged wonderfully!

[@gaynor1721]

Never heard of chirpsing and I'm British, born and bred.

[@ISBuckley8]

Juliet Landau has such a great voice. It's always a little surprising when I hear her real voice (I grew up listening to her on Justice League Unlimited where she uses an accent that's a little Transylvanian. Didn't start watching Buffy until this year so it was kinda cool to match a face with the voice.)

[@davidioanhedges]

Dru the Ledge slaying it ...

[@PM-bv1ir]

They both look thr same 20 plus year later. So nice to see them again.

[@randomguysays]

Is is that Anthony Stewart Head? Outside of Buffy I've only seen him in like period pieces.. It's kinda surreal seem the 3 of them talking 2023 lol

[@SuziQ.]

Wait, you never saw him in Repo, the Genetic Opera, or Ted Lasso? He did a Rocky Horror tribute show, too.

[@kojikabuto8426]

Spike actor looking like an actual vampire

[@Sharpe1502]

Anthony Head might be an actual vampire.

[@kieranm7469]

Anthony Head, the greatest villain of all time: Gently Benevolent!