MissWanderer said:

For those who didn't know, here are a few tidbits/spoilers from the convention :

http://castle41319.tumblr.com/…..convention

Thank u. One of them specially irked me. Whatever! Others are interesting. 

MissWanderer said:

lulu12345 said:

MissWanderer said:

For those who didn't know, here are a few tidbits/spoilers from the convention :

http://castle41319.tumblr.com/…..convention

Thank u. One of them specially irked me. Whatever! Others are interesting. 

Reveal Spoiler

I bet it's the Alexis one that irked you. lol. That's the only tidbit I didn't like. But I love the fact that they have a general goal for the season (regarding Castle and Beckett) and about the will they/won't they. And also the 'always' coming soon.

polrobin said:

Um, I was there all day and don't even remember Alexis' name coming up.  I volunteered and was in both Q&A's, plus in and out of the autograph room a bunch of times.  So unless it came up at the meet and greet, that Alexis bit doesn't ring true to me.

 

Not calling anyone out, just stating facts: I was there; I never even heard the character's name mentioned; while I cannot be everywhere, all the time, I didn't miss any Q&A bits.

It was said during the lunch meetings when Terri was visiting several groups.

There are several summaries about it on twitter already and I doubt anyone would make up the same story

(altho the Alexis spoiler was luckily taken out of context by one person).

I was there too and it's most likely that the bit about Alexis was mentioned during the meet and greet lunch.  I also didn't remember anything about Esposito shooting anyone, but again, it could have come up in the meet and greet in a group other than the one I was a part of. 

I plan on writing up a more formal report later, but here are a few tidbits I heard:

• Stana has the worst hours of any of the cast because she has to arrive on set earlier than anyone else for hair and makeup then is in most of the shots
• Seamus said he is not likely to attend Comic con next year because his wife and Jon's girlfriend weren't treated very well by the staff.  There are two sides to every story, but he said they treated the ladies like groupies rather than as spouses/significant others.
• Terri and Andrew are open to going to Paley again
• Andrew said he'd rather have a 23 episode season instead of a 24 episode season, because as soon as episode 24 is in the can, he has very little time off before they have to start work on the next season.
• Jon's favorite movie is The Princess Bride (that was me who asked the question).  Seamus teased that his was Booty Call, embarrassing Tamala.
• Andrew praised Stana's ability to convey so much emotion just using her eyes and the increased sophistication of her acting since season 1.  He also praised Nathan's comedic timing.
• Tamala had auditioned for Hawthorne around the same time as she auditioned for Castle, and Jon had auditioned for Southland around the same time he had auditioned for Castle.  He thought he had blown the audition.  And Armyan Bernstein went to bat for Seamus to play Ryan saying "He's the guy!  He's the guy!"
• Andrew said at any one time, he could have up to 8 episodes in his mind: a few in development, one in production, and another few in post-production.  The challenge is to keep straight what moment from each episode builds on another and to keep them in order.

All in all, Seamus, Jon, Tamala, Andrew, and Terri were truly lovely people, very grateful for the fan support, very down-to-earth and fun. 

I also got the chance to see them shoot a scene from an upcoming episode the night before the con, after one of the ladies I met said someone tweeted the address of the location they were at.  So 4 of us made our way there, and met Jon.  He took a picture with all of us, then went back to work.  We watched them shoot for a little while longer: it was obviously a scene where the body is found and Lanie has to brief Castle, Beckett, Esposito, and Ryan on the likely cause of death.  We tried to get Nathan's attention, but failed.  The crew gave Tamala a surprise birthday cake (her b-day was the day of the con) and sang to her.  When we got the feeling they had wrapped that location, we saw Nathan take off up the street on a scooter and decided to follow and see where he might have went.  We then noticed Stana and Jon on the other side of the street and made our way over.  Stana was chatting with some other fans and Jon was waiting with her.  He saw us and one of the ladies asked if she'd take a picture with us.  He said "Probably.  Just ask her."  At that moment, she turned around and one of the ladies told her we were in town for the convention.  She added where we'd traveled from (me from Maryland, one from Texas, one from Ohio, and one from New York State) and she said "Geezy-peasy" and agreed to a photo, which Jon joined in on. I managed not to fangirl out all over her and worked up enough nerve to thank her for her work on the show and shake her hand (she had a nice firm hand shake) and was very gracious, saying the con sounded like fun, but she couldn't be there. Jon and Stana headed off to their trailers and after waiting around a bit more for Nathan, we headed in the direction they had gone in.  We then noticed Tamala right in front of us carrying a bouquet of flowers.  We got her attention and told her the same spiel we told Jon and Stana and she agreed to a photo without hesitation.  She really could not have been sweeter. 

What an amazing weekend! I'll post pictures soon.