Warning: The following Nathan Fillion quote may cause Castle fans to clutch their pearls hard: “What happens in season 3 [between Castle and Beckett] is what happens in real life—maybe these two people should be together but they’re married to the wrong people. And that’s a new tune to the dance for them.” Are we talking literal or figurative marriage? Watch my Q&A with Fillion after the jump and judge for yourself (but first let go them pearls)!
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I heart you Nathan
ditto. as the interview finished, i just said out loud “I think i might love him.”
Yeah, I haven’t had a celebrity crush in a while, I think Nathan may be it. Jon Hamm a close second.
Oy… While I don’t need Castle and Beckett to be “together” right away, the idea of them being with other people kills me. I love this show SO much, but I felt like they played the other people card too much toward the end of last season. I trust the writers of the show, but I really hope they aren’t making a mistake by frustrating the audience too much. This show is so awesome and I want it to continue for a long time, but this interview makes me nervous for it…
Agree he made it sound like he thinks if castle and beckett get together that’s it show is done. I don’t believe that to be the case and they could do it and keep the show going. We haven’t seen them together once and yet a lot of shows you see a couple break up, date other people and go back because they realise the mistake of leaving. I know I’m getting a bit frustrated but as long as they keep the humour etc I can’t see myself hating the show enough to not watch it
But, given this new info, maybe Castle and Beckett are the answer to Ausiello’s end-of-next-season’s possible “surprise wedding” tease???
oh my god i really hope so since he said it for sure wasn’t Booth and Bones
sadly … but i’d be SOOO happy if it was Castle and Beckett!!!!!! I agree, I’d really like to see them get together and even break up and then get back together again. I think that goes with what Nathan was saying. I’d love to at least see them try having a relationship even if they fail. It’d be fun to watch them try, fail, and try again just like in the books 
I agree with you Jill. I think it would be a more novel approach than what tv does usually.
Sigh. I sense another Bones on our hands. Five seasons of will they/won’t they nonsense. And I’ll be the sucker who endures it.
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I just want to say that as a viewer, I so do appreciate it! I don’t need Castle and Beckett to be together but I’d rather them not be with other people.
How can you not love him?
Because he’s always kind of smarmy?
If by smarmy you mean charming, funny, and handsome, then yes, he’s completely smarmy.
Smarmy is what stupid people call socially gifted people who are smarter than they are.
no, smarmy is what normal people call socially impaired people who creep under your skin and make you slightly uncomfortable. Nathan is anything but smarmy – he is quite fabulous! Couldn’t access the video but really want Beckett and Nathan to get together. Sigh.
Love Nathan and the show, but I was very unhappy with the end of the season. Why do they have to be with other people? The “ex-wife” came out of nowhere and it was totally unbelievable, as was the bimbo guy that she was with toward the end. Why not keep them unattached and flirting? I don’t mind that, but it seems a betrayal for him to go off with somebody like he did last season. It ruins the fun of their relationship.
I agree totally about the ex-wife coming out of nowhere. In fact, when we watched that ep, my dd turned to me and asked, “Did we miss an episode at some point?” It was just such a contrived plot device to keep Beckett and Castle apart that it fell flat. Thumbs down.
I actually like this style, when everything is not shown. Then it looks like the characters have life outside the series.
I’m sure many people have seen something like this in real life – you know a couple who broke up and suddenly you see them together at some party…
The ex-wife didn’t come out of nowhere – wasn’t she in the pilot? And isn’t she his agent or editor or something? I thought it worked very well…and part of me thinks, even though I would like Castle and Beckett to be “together,” it might turn into the Moonlighting thing.
Yes I thought the same. I was hoping the ex was just there to help push him to work not for romance. Beckett misunderstands for a few eps then it is all cleared up they tenatively work towards a relationship and this could take years as both have issues
Totally agree. I don’t mind the not getting together, but her kissing a guy in the precinct? That’s not like her character and him going off with someone he hated, spending the summer with her and still being with her in S3? Not happy.
so then stop watching the show till they get married:)))
good! no one is good enough for Joey Buchanan/Mal Reynolds/Rick Castle! (no one except ***ME***!)
Yup, Joey Buchanan… the only reason I watched OLTL as a kid…..
We must not forget Johnny from 2 Guy & a Girl.
OH NATHAN YOU’RE JUST TOO DARN CUTE!!!
He is indeed an amazingly cute man. I also have to point out how in touch he is with his fanbase, as evidenced by his Green Lantern shirt. Not only did it look fabulous, but it provided a perfect and clever example of the wink/nod to the audience that he talks about in the interview. Good grief…cute, clever, subtle, and with arms like that…Mr Fillion, you make me smile!
Why, oh why, do people always use “Moonlighting” as an excuse to frustrate viewers with unresolved romantic tension? This is a totally different era, audience, writers, characters…can’t it at least be considered? I agree with Jennifer–this is exactly like Bones. It’s disheartening to think of yet another show that’s probably going to slowly suck the life out of what could’ve been a fun relationship to watch. Now it’s just going to be painful and disappointing, despite the early promise.
I think using the “Moonlighting” excuse is a lazy way to make an argument. However, the show REALLY did take a dive after that season.
Moonlighting failed because the stars hated each other, so the chemistry was all wrong. I hate it when shows use it as a justification for lazy writing. It was ONE show, people.
People are going to start talking about the “Bones curse” … when a show drags the will-they-won’t-they out for so long that viewers get frustrated and stop watching. You have to find a balance, TV people.
Despite Castle’s occasional dalliances last season, it seemed like we were watching two people grow closer. The last episode was wonderful until the gimmicky ending. Sure the ex-wife/editor was an ongoing character, but we saw no evidence of any attraction between them at all, no character development justifying the ending. The ending was so poor that my wife and I were disgusted with it. Further, it was too out of character. Castle wanted Beckett, but once she looked like she would choose the other detective, he so blithely abandoned his feelings that he could not even give Beckett a few minutes to express herself, before interrupting her with ex-wife #2? This was awful, lazy, gimmicky writing. Let the court ship begin, as the sexual tension will not be lost as the characters conflict and grow together. The show’s presumption seems to be that all romance and conflict end when a couple becomes exclusive. Nonsense. I am also in complete agreement that the ‘Moonlight’ arc of shows preordains the outcome of this show. There are so many reasons why it does not-the change of eras, the lack of chemistry in the old show. Viewers like to see happy developments in the midst of all of the murder and mayhem. No one wants to watch a detective work on murder mysteries all day and then go home to an unhappy marriage at night. Drama needs conflict, but the ‘will they or won’t they date’ issue is not the only source of drama. Life is full of decisions, differences of opinion, different interests and different philosophies to create literally a life time of drama. When the one and only issue is at the center of show after show and year after year, then the viewers will be lost. The world looks at ‘Cheers’ as a confirmation of the anti-’Moonlighting’ theory of non-character development, but Sam and Diane were too dissimilar and the show was a sitcom. By contrast, ‘Castle’ has the opportunity to explode the myth and capture an audience with mature character development, and instead we given a totally oblivious Castle at the end of season who saw nothing in Beckett’s voice, words and demeanor. Stupid, stupid, stupid ending to a season which was so promising. If we are expected to swallow a season of merry mix-ups, misreadings, a failure to articulate feelings and ultimately romantic tragedy, then the show really will lose the viewership. I was offended by Castle’s disloyal and cavalier hook-ups with the ambitious actress in the talk show episode. How could he have dawning feelings for Beckett and then sleep with the first skirt to come along? I will hate watching these two sleep with other characters in future episodes. I will not wait forever, for the writers to correct their gimmicky mistake at the end of last season. Someone needs to sit down with the show-runner and talk about the future story arcs for the series.
I commend you for the massive amount of thought that went into your comment. However, I will be completely honest with you and say that I skimmed it. Ever so lightly. But good job.
I agree with those that think it is a shame to not get Castle and Beckett together sooner. While I love the show, I’m not gonna watch 2 people(characters) with other people as an excuse to stretch the show and keep tension. That’s getting so old! If the writings good, Castle and Beckett will be fine, even after they get together. Who in real life waits that long for the one they want? nowadays, they just go after it! So unrealistic to keep them apart longer! Waiting too long will only be a disaster!
What about the Chuck way? Chuck and Sarah are phenomenal together. I love it! The reason Moonlighting didn’t work with them together is that it was one of those “they’re so different and annoy each other so much they love each other” things that doesn’t happen in the real world, so it falls flat when they try to make them a couple, like Sam and Diane on Cheers. But Castle and Beckett respect each other and they tease, not fight. Those kinds of people can get together and be even more fun as a couple on a show.
I think Chuck dramatically declined after Chuck & Sarah got together. Not sure if it’s the pairing, as much as network interference and the loss of a few good writers though.
I disagree. I loved it when Chuck and Sarah got together. I was sick of all the love triangles and will they/won’t they stuff. I think they could do a lot with Castle and Beckett as a couple. Hope to see it sooner rather than later and have it drag out.
Chuck and Sarah got together in what was supposed to be the third season finale – however they got six more episodes and instead of just stretching out their intended story for season 3 they treated the six back-episodes as a mini-season in which they tried stuff they couldn’t really do otherwise. So if you didn’t like it, don’t stop watching the series just yet.
Forget Moonlighting. In order for the characters being together to have killed Moonlighting, they characters actually would have had to have been TOGETHER. They never were. They had their hook up and then they didn’t appear on screen together for nearly a season. If you want to blame the failure of Moonlighting on anything, blame it on two diva actors who couldn’t get along as well as bad writing. If people want to use Moonlighting as an example of what not to do, perhaps they should consider all aspects of WHY it ultimately tanked.
The end of last season was bad enough, do we really have to endure a full year of it?
NF always comes off as kind of a jerk.
..might want to do a bit of research before your comment on a show that. obviously, you know very little about!
Moonlighting did NOT tank… it was pulled by the network, with very good ratings, for reasons most of the cast and crew, to this day, have never
been given any sort of reasonable explanation for… according to members of the crew, both lead actors got along just fine and any notion that there was a problem was fictional… obviously you didn’t like the story lines, but the millions of fans who did deserved a better fate than a simple announcement that the show had not been renewed!
I’m so sick of the Moonlighting comparison too. That show didn’t fall apart because they got Dave & Maddie together it was the because of Bruce & Cybil. They never should have written her pregnancy in. That ruined the show. Of all the tv couples that could get together & still be fun & sexy it would be Castle & Beckett.
I think you’re the one who needs to do some research. Even the creator said that he had to play referree between the two leads.
There was a ratings decline and add to that the writer’s strike hurting ratings more, the show was cancelled.
Don’t put words in my mouth on whether or not I did or did not like Moonlighting –I did, but that show was not without it’s problems. You’re delusional if you think otherwise.
I like CASTLE a lot, but I’d trade a thousand CASTLEs for more FIREFLY. And Nathan Fillion in a tight Green Lantern T-shirt . . . LOVE.
…With Ryan Reynolds dressed as the Green Lantern behind him, no less!
It’s like a weird crossover of “Two guys and a pizza place/girl” and who should have been Hal Jordan and who is.
Would that be a “Two Guys, A Girl, and A Pizza Place” reference?
Oh, I totally forgot that they were both in that! Is that on DVD or online anywhere? I would LOVE to watch that show again.
Then if we’re going to knowingly invest fun allusions to the ‘meaning’ of this convergence, what can we ascertain from the Ryan Reynolds pillow slipping down during the interview?
Hrmmmmm…?
I would trade every single show on TV now for more Firefly.
Agreed! Love Castle. But just one more Firefly….
I so disagree with actor Nathan Fillion on his take of the Castle characters, if this show goes the way he says it will Castle fans may leave in droves, enough already with this Moonlighting crap it’s 25 years old now can we move on?
just saw the video and I am so annoyed! This interview doesn’t bode well for those of us that want Beckett and Castle to be together. It’s too bad that the writers and actors don’t have enough confidence in their storytelling to know that this pairing could be fantastic together and not at all “one note”. Not a happy fan this morning.
I am with the interviewer he has been interviewing people in the business of Television for a long time, he knows how viewers think. He is right if they drag this on and keep Beckett and Castle apart for another season this show is doomed to fail and not get a 4th season so Nathan Fillion will see the end of Castle by being to stubborn to accept that a lot of viewers feel differently then he does.
Well. This sucks. I’d really rather them both single – not saying that means they have to get together right now – than have to see them with other people. Especially with Gina…gross. Maybe I’ll read spoilers instead of watching the actual show, sorry show.