Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Nathan Fillion at PhoenixComicon Part 2


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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