Spike was supposed to be another villain who was eventually killed by Angel, but fans liked Spike a lot — and Marsters said the show’s creator Joss Whedon wasn’t happy about it. “It was not supposed to be romantic, but the audience was responding that way and Joss was freaking out,” said Marsters. “He backed me up against a wall one day and said, ‘I don’t care how popular you are, you are dead.'”