I have watched the show now, and it was a very interesting
insight into Nathan Fillion's life and career. Not unlike Inside The Actors
Studio with James Lipton (though Kevin Pollack is a far, far more engaging
interviewer than Lipton).

Regarding Castle, it's actually Nathan who first mentions the show, when he
talks about how he and Stana get teased over their Canadian accents. And when
Kevin comes back to it, 30 minutes in, Nathan says, "on my worst day, I'm
having a great day", and then Kevin cuts him off to start talking about
Firefly being canceled, and how that must make him appreciate the success of
Castle even more.

He talks about the great, collaborative nature of Castle, and how everyone does
an excellent job.

Kevin actually doesn't ask about the kiss, or about Moonlighting. He mentions
both of them, saying he will ask, but then moves onto talking about the
scripting of Castle, and how smart it is. Nathan talks about how much fun it is
to be able to tweak certain things in his dialogue, or make choices that
wouldn't occur to him without having the other actor to react to.

And, for anyone worried that his negativity about Castle/Beckett might
influence the show, he says flat out here that he doesn't have much input. He
"pitches a lot of ideas, 90% of which are crap".

The whole thing just seemed like it was Kevin Pollack who wasn't interested in
Castle, and the questions certainly didn't seem to be vetted or pre-set. Kevin
just seemed to have notes regarding topics he wanted to talk about, and Nathan
is so garrulous and enthusiastic that there were probably a lot left over at
the end. He just had such a lot to say about so many different things, that I
bet he didn't even realize he hadn't talked that much about Castle.

Firefly is barely mentioned until the last 20 minutes of the (2 hour)
interview, and what really came across was how much it hurt when the show was
canceled. If you want to draw comparisons with Castle, it would be like the
break up with Kyra, the first time it happens is always going to hurt the most,
and it's always going to be at the back of your mind. And the element of it
that seemed to interest Kevin the most was that the show was revived as a
movie, solely due to the passion of the fans, which was a pretty incredible
thing, when you consider that the original series ran for only 14 episodes. And
it wasn't a tv movie, it was a theatrical release.

And even when Firefly does come up, he doesn't dwell on it, they soon move onto
talking about the Castle books.

Seriously, anyone who likes Nathan Fillion should watch this interview. It's a
fantastic look at his life, and at the thought processes behind everything he
does. And honestly, I think think that anyone who puts this much effort into an
interview deserves far better than to be insulted for not saying the exact
things people wanted him to.

luci in the sky said:

I haven't watched the interview yet, but I'm apalled and embarrassed for this fandom for personally attacking an actor for speaking his mind. He is entitled to his opinion and nothing that these so-called fans say will change it. So he likes a character from Firefly better than one from Castle. So what? Like it's been mentioned in this thread, Firefly is his baby, it was the one show that he fell in love with and was completely invested in. I'm not saying that he's not invested in Castle, but I understand his fondness for Firefly. It was a brilliant show that was canceled entirely too soon and never even got a chance to shine.

I was a Castle fan first, but I fell in love with Firefly and I completely understand his enthusiasm about it. Dissing Nathan because he likes one better than the other is doing a disservice to the show and fandom. More than that, it's completely childish.

These people need to think before they act. Seriously.

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I could not agree more! It was kind of hurtful to see such a negative reaction just because Nathan expressed his opinion. His comment no way implies that he does not enjoy working on Castle or the cast/crew. Firefly, as we ALL know, holds a very special place in his heart and while I've never seen it, his allowed to still be passionate about the show that did so much for him. 

I just feel really bad for nathan because he does not deserve this at all and this was NOT a Castle interview this was a Nathan Fillion interview. I also agree that most of the Castle promotion will come during the Letterman interview. 

mig991 said:

How could anyone who actually watched that interview not love it? Nathan was awesome. He was honest, he was funny, he gave great insightful answers and looked great.

At 44:00 minutes he gave the cast and crew of the show the greatest compliment when he talked about how everyone is on their game and so professional.

I love Nathan as an actor and as a person and this interview only reinforced it.

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He was really enjoying himself as well. I feel bad for him that some people reacted so badly to it. And I don't mean anyone who's posted in this thread, but I've seen some of the things on twitter, and I think some people just need to grow  up a little.

It would be a real shame if this sort of thing made him less enthusiastic and honest in interviews in the future, because he is an interviewer's dream. Anecdotes about his aging cats? His Halloween costumes? The thoughtful way he talked about each stage of his career? Some chat shows hosts would kill to get that sort of thing out of their guests.

I think people should watch it before they make up their minds, and perhaps there was some confusion, thinking it would be Castle-heavy, but as I said in my previous post, it doesn't seem like Kevin Pollak's show is that sort of thing. If watched with the intent of learning about Nathan Fillion and his career, I guarantee it will be enjoyable.

I'll say this as well, I bet there are some hardcore Firefly fans right now saying, "why didn't he talk about Firefly much? A two hour interview and all he can manage is a few minutes on the show he loves the most? And how dare he say he prefers Esposito to Jayne?"

I hope I will have time to see it tomorrow early morning though two extra hours from sleep… Well, there are no victory without sacrifices

Yossarian said:

… I think some people just need to grow  up a little.

Castle won the 14-17 ratings last week. This is the adverse effect of the popularity.

Jamz said:

I hope those of us who have expressed slight disappointment in the lack of Castle discussion are not getting mixed in with those "fans" that are flaming him elsewhere for his opinions.

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I'm one of those who are a little disappointed in the lack of Castle discussion, but I assure you I'm not flaming him. I don't know about the others. But… I think and I hope that Castle's real fans know how to be respectful of people's opinions.

I've watched the first hour of the show so far – thought it was interesting.  I totally love Nathan Fillion now but have to admit I'd never followed his career before, so it's interesting to learn about him professionally and personally.  And may I just say something totally off base and un-related to his career?  I love the fact that he has given a home to two elderly cats.  First — lots of men don't seem to like cats.  Secondly, to take a cat in towards the last part of its life (or any animal, for that matter) is such a compassionate and wonderful thing to do.  They need love, too, yet so many people think of kittens or puppies first.  And him making a "walker" for his cat that came with his home?  Priceless and absolutely lovely.  I hope these comments aren't considered "spoilers" — I'm probably the only person who didn't know about this, anyway.