James Marsters to play another teen show villain in Hulu’s Runaways
It’s basically prophecy: All the stars of your favorite teen shows of yore are now going to play parents on current teen shows. Luke Perry is Archie’s dad on Riverdale, and yesterday Marvel announced that James Marsters is joining the cast of Runaways as the father of one of its young heroes. Marsters—also known as Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Spike—will play scientist Victor Stein, who “has lofty expectations for his son, and when they aren’t met, his retribution can be fierce.” He is, as one might expect, one of the bad guys. In fact, the conceit of the tale is that all these kids’ folks are.