Smart, Beautiful & Dangerous: Stana Katic

“Castle” stars, Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic are fully aware of how important their time-slot on ABC is to their success. The show airs right after the mega-hit, “Dancing with the Stars,” and they’ve managed to hand onto a good portion of the audience for their mystery series.

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What’s it like to play Castle, who is so focused getting Beckett to like him? Castle – I don’t think his primary goals are other people,” Fillion replies. “I think his primary goals are selfish. He likes Beckett, he wants Beckett close to him. He admires her, he thinks she’s great and there’s no character that really has that control over Castle. I think Beckett is as close as he has to an authority figure, which he hasn’t really had in his life. You look at his mother, the absence of a father, his daughter is the closest thing he has to a parent. So he has no authority figure in his life and certainly, I think we look to fill these gaps and I think one of his character flaws is that Castle’s incredibly selfish. He’s incredibly selfish. And that’s what he wants. He wants to be happy for himself, and in a selfish way, he wants to be around Beckett. At the beginning, he does not [understand why she’s angry with him], and again, that is his flaw, that he doesn’t understand. He’s just a little too self-involved, a little too selfish, and he doesn’t get it.” Read the rest of this entry »

ABC talks to Castle Creator & Executive Producer Andrew Marlowe.   They discuss what’s coming up this season, fan response, the storylines and more.

Scooter McGavin: Stana, thank you for taking the time to answer these questions and for such an entertaining first season of Castle. Most of that entertainment came from the friction between Kate and Castle; did that rapport with Nathan Fillion come as quickly as it looked on screen?

Stana Katic: Of course. The writing lends itself to a very Hepburn-Tracy type of rapport, so it s easy to simply say the words and find that wonderful rhythm.

In addition, Nathan has a history with and a wonderful knack for comedy. On my end, I ve become a big fan of the Hawksian dame– fast-talking, spirited broads like Rosalind Russell, Kate Hepburn, and Barbara Stanwyck. Using them as an inspirational resource helps in adding to those charming verbal sparring sessions. Read the rest of this entry »

PopWrap follows up with star of ABC’s “Castle” to talk about costumes, books and winning an Emmy.

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Jim Halterman: When you were creating the show and the characters what was your inspiration?

Andrew W. Marlowe: I was a fan of the old-fashioned murder mysteries on TV with the eccentric characters and we’ve seemed to enter the age of procedurals where it’s really more about the evidence than the specifics of the case. I thought there was an opportunity to tell some great characters stories in that arena so I wanted to be able to blend the stuff I love, which has always been character storytelling, with more of the procedural elements. Read the rest of this entry »

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Daemon’s TVâ„¢ talked with Stana Katic about what’s coming up in season 2 of Castle.   To read the full interview click here.

So what’s coming up this season?

Stana Katic: Well, last season we left on a cliffhanger. There was a question of whether Castle and Beckett will be able to work together again and whether that relationship will fall apart or find its way, after he broke her trust. Basically one of the things that Beckett said clearly was, ‘Do not cross this line –’ and the line was to not research her mother’s murder. Of course Castle does and when she finds out it was kind of like, ‘Okay, we’re done.’ Read the rest of this entry »

Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic answer the top 5 things ABC fans want to know about Castle.