10 TV Show Scenes Actors Hated Shooting

"Seeing Red" (Season 6, Episode 19) features one of, if not the most, controversial scenes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's entire run.

While Buffy attempt to have a bath to sooth her badly beaten body, Spike shows up uninvited and tries to convince Buffy to admit that she loves him. This leads to Spike forcing himself on Buffy, with an injured Slayer only just able to fight off his violent advances. Both parties are in no denial that her resistance was the only thing stopping Spike from assaulting her. Spike is repulsed by his actions and (temporarily) leaves Sunnydale, vowing to return a changed being.

James Marsters, as the actor behind Spike, used the DVD commentary to explain that it was the hardest scene he's ever had to do. Marsters elaborated to The A.V. Club:

"[...] I was curled up in a fetal position in between takes. I can’t watch scenes like that. I choose not to. I won’t go to a movie that has something like that. It’s a specific hot button for me. It just really makes me crazy. It was really hard. It was just unbelievably hard. But again I’m glad we did it. Spike was evil, and I think a lot of people forgot about that."