Castle premier March 9, 10pm

[geogal]

Woohoo!  Good numbers.

And on a slightly naughtier note, my isn't Nathan...bendy  

[Saxon]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED this show!!

[spoiler]All the characters were awesome...I love the perfect way it painted his relationship with his mom and daughter. I love how his 'writing instincts' and his 'poker night with the boys (real writers)' helped him solve the case. I love that she's a secret (well, not anymore) fan (reminded me of "Singin' in the Rain"....in deleted scenes we learn that Debbie Reynolds character was the 'president of Donald Lockwood's fan club'). I LOVE how she thought, since they were done, she could throw that 'you have no idea' line to him...not realizing she'd have to not only face him again but work with him...by order of the 'chain of command'! LOVE IT!![/spoiler]

Can't wait for more!

[AdmiralDigby]

my isn't Nathan...bendy 

Are you going to pass out now ?

[geogal]

my isn't Nathan...bendy 

Are you going to pass out now ?

No, but it did get rather warm-ish last night. 

[Pearl@32]

Woohoo!  Good numb3rs.

And on a slightly naughtier note, my isn't Nathan...bendy  

I already have a new avi picked out; I just need to get a screen cap. 

[Pearl@32]

Hey, has Tamara cancelled it yet?

[Phyll33]

  Yay!! Looks like it turned out better than I expected. I hope it holds and they let it do it's thing. I'll
never forgive ABC for unloading "Men in Trees". I loved that show. Why don't networks know what to
do with the quirky and different shows?

[Saxon]

Quirky and different scare them.

I loved it, and I was right about the chemistry between them...and Nathan was made to play this role...it really does look 'custom made' for him.

*fangurl squeeeeeeeeeeee*

[Pearl@32]

 Yay!! Looks like it turned out better than I expected. I hope it holds and they let it do it's thing. I'll
never forgive ABC for unloading "Men in Trees". I loved that show. Why don't networks know what to
do with the quirky and different shows?

I dunno. It would give them a plethora of multifaceted material and a diverse audience. People want their CSI! At least MIT got 2 seasons.

I felt the same way after ABC let go of Once and Again.

[Pearl@32]

Interview: Nathan Fillion
by Steve Heisler March 9, 2009

Nathan Fillion's career seems to come in two shades. On one side are the mainstream dramas which launched his career: One Life To Live, Desperate Housewives, and the short-lived Drive. On the other, he fronts fringe projects (most helmed by Joss Whedon) with small but powerfully loyal followings—Firefly, Serenity, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. But regardless of the role, the Canadian-born actor always brings a commanding presence and the precision comic timing of the greatest vaudevillian performers; it's doubtful the iconic Dr. Horrible line "The hammer is my penis" would have soared from less-capable hands. Lately, he's starring in ABC's Castle, playing an egomaniacal crime-fiction writer who tags along on homicide cases for creative inspiration. The show affords Fillion the opportunity for a few zingers, but more importantly, it's an opportunity for him to play straight to his wheelhouse—for a mainstream audience, no less. The A.V. Club recently called Fillion during his flurry of a shooting schedule to talk about his turn as a lead, his exodus from soap operas, and Matt LeBlanc.

The A.V. Club: Castle is being called "The Nathan Fillion Project" all over the Internet. Were you always involved?

Nathan Fillion: What happened was, there was a list of pilots ABC was interested in producing, and I was weeding my way through. Nothing quite got me fired up. You want to do a project that's potentially for seven years, you want it to be something that really lights you on fire. So I came to Castle, and I remember the night I read it, I was sitting with my girlfriend, waiting to meet some friends. We had some time on our hands, so I said, "Oh, I've got to read this pilot," which was on my iPhone. I was about 15 pages into it, and I turned to her and said, "I'm going to start at the beginning, I'm going to read this pilot out loud to you, and you tell me if you don't think it's awesome." And we had a great time. The two of us would take different parts, we'd do the scenes together and laugh.

AVC: Wow, Hollywood life is exciting.

NF: The producers and the creators were coming to meet me; I was working at the time, so I didn't have time to go to their offices. So we had a little meeting in my trailer. I simply—and this was the first time I've ever done this—said, "Listen, I don't know what I need to tell you, but I am this guy. I can do this part forward and backward. I know exactly what to do. I will not fail you. Stop looking. Just hire me, let's move on." I mean, I'm not sure how many people they saw for the role. I'll ask them. But no, it certainly wasn't a pilot that was written for me, specifically for me, by no means.

(continues on http://www.avclub.com/articles/nathan-fillion,24795/)

His quote — "Listen, I don't know what I need to tell you, but I am this guy. I can do this part forward and backward." — reminds me of Nathan talking about Malcolm Reynolds on the FF DVD Extra. "I am nothing like this guy, he's bitter..." 

I mean, wouldn't we all call him Cap'n if we met him in person? (I know some of you have!)