I decided the biggest problem with this panel was I
totally lost my ability to multi-task. I forgot to take pictures because I was totally
engrossed in Nathan and the random bits of silliness.
There was some Firefly reminiscing and a lot of
longing for a reboot. Nathan reminded everyone it’s been twelve years – hard to
believe it's been that long. My favorite story was the pants
splitting. Evidently, Captain Tightpants had a penchant for ripping his
trousers during Firefly. Not that he needed to be doing anything in particular
at the time just because he has a “Bootah!” his word, not mine.
Castle questions also peppered the hour. One was in
regards to his favorite “Caskett” moment. It appears Nathan prefers some
conflict to take place. He really liked when Demming was in play and Castle was
both angry and frustrated with Beckett and the entire situation. Then the
fan mentioned that hers was from “Still” when Gates told Beckett to just kiss the
man. Nathan replied, “Oh that’s my favorite now too.”
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There were some questions
about what he'd like to see on Castle, production questions and how he handles romantic scenes with
Beckett. He reminded the audience that even though he plays the title
character, he doesn’t run the show. (Another side note here since year seven is
often tied to contracts, give the leads producer credit like Mark Harmon has on
NCIS. Just saying.)
Nathan had some funny ideas about incorporating Alan
Tudyk on a guest appearance as a cheap knock off of Castle and Beckett. I think
that would be hysterical if Alan was a romance writer using a female nom de
plume and he teamed up with Slaughter.
The most interesting aspects of the panel to me were
Nathan’s personal stories. These gave the audience a little more insight into
the man not just who he plays on TV. It made me like Nathan Fillion a lot more
because honestly, the guy I know is Castle.
One fan asked him about if he had a need for speed and
his reply was very wise. He likes his life a lot and considers it one in a
million so to do something reckless and lay his bike down would be dumb. You
get the feeling he knows exactly where he is and what he wants to do and now he
has the power and the fan base to do it.
I wish I would’ve gotten to the Arizona State
University presentation he did that night because when Nathan talks about
gadgets and science he lights up like a kid. He would love it if the world ran
on solar and wind power and I have to agree – cleaner product and renewable
source. He only drives electric vehicles which brought up another a very cool
item that circulated Twitter last week. Go check this out at Solar Roadways.
It’s fantastic
and the funny part was these solar tiles will heat up and melt icy roadways. No
more need of snow plows. After a pause Nathan looked carefully at us and had explain to Arizona natives
what snow was – hysterical!
It was a great event and an awesome weekend and I really, really, really hope he comes back next year!
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