I have totally fallen in love with the TV murder mystery show Castle. Nathan Fillion playing mystery author Rick Castle, of course, is the main draw. What a cutie! But Stana Katic who plays Kate Beckett, the beleaguered police detective that Castle shadows, is a pleasure to watch as well.
From the ensemble side, Beckett's two colleagues are ok. The three support detectives in The Mentalist have much more personality. However, nothing can beat Castle's two roommates--his teenage daughter and his actress mother.
Here are some fun facts I dug up recently about the show:
- Stana was a Bond girl in Quantum of Solace. She's the woman at the end of the film that Bond saves from a similar fate to Eva Green's character. If you scroll through this post you can see a screen shot of her and The Serial Boyfriend from that movie.
- The book that Rick Castle wrote (based on Beckett) is actually available in bookstores. It's called Heat Wave. Apparently Nathan Fillion is getting a kick out of going to book signings for it.
- Castle's apartment is fabulous. You can see some great fan photos of the set here. There are two art pieces from the apartment that I really like. One is the staircase photo behind Castle's desk and the other is a piece by the steps up to his daughter's bedroom. Sadly, I don't have a good screenshot of the second piece. Hopefully a more rabid fan than I will track it down. Really tempted to get the staircase photo though...
- Nathan Fillion is fully aware of the fan crossover from Firefly. He tweeted fans recently that he hid a Firefly "easter egg" in the show. There was some speculation that a bug schematic in Castle's apartment was a drawing of a firefly, or Shepherd Book's bible would appear or other props from Firefly. A fan with a great sense of humor took matters into his own hands with this "screenshot." In fact, there were no set pieces brought over. Nathan worked in his tribute to "Two By Two, Hands of Blue" in this scene.
- Finally, the Halloween Castle episode is tonight! Rumor has it that Rick Castle is dressing up as a Firefly character so be sure to watch!
5 comments:
It's no rumor - Castle will definitely be wearing a familiar looking brown coat in the episode tonight.
Also, there IS something from the set of Firefly hidden in the set of Castle somewhere and rumor has it it'll be in tonight's episode, though hard to find
Interesting--I'll have to look into it.
Mrs Saul love Castle too. I don't mind watching it, but can take it or leave it.
Now, another series of Firefly - that would be something I would love to see! Definitely one of my all-time favourties TV seris.
Hi Anonymous, okay--loved the opening with Castle as Mal, esp the comments from daughter Alexis. Sadly, I didn't spot the Firefly set piece.
Asianmommy--It's light and fun viewing
Mr. Saul! What do you think of Dollhouse? I have to admit to disappointment. Will have to see how the season shapes up.
I hadn't read up beforehand, so was surprised to see the Mal costume, loved the daughter's comment!
Castle is one of the Monday night guilty pleasures while a certain someone is out dancing & the little one's finally gone to bed.
-TB
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