From Castle to The Rookie: Exploring Nathan Fillion’s Detective Series Journey

2023-10-08 06:25:07

“There are two categories of people who think of ways to kill. Psychopaths and writers. » Richard Castle is in “the one that pays the best”, we might hear him say in the credits of the first season of the detective series “Castle”.

The pitch: in New York, Richard Castle, a writer, follows Lieutenant Kate Beckett in her investigations, and draws inspiration from her for his novels. In 173 42-minute episodes, the policewoman (played by Stana Katic) and the writer (Nathan Fillion) completed dozens and dozens of cases.

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Launched in 2009, the detective series ended in 2016 following 8 seasons. A 9th season had however been ordered by the American channel ABC. 9th season without Stana Katic – fired for “budgetary reasons” – which was ultimately never filmed.

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From one detective series to another

Since the end of “Castle”, Nathan Fillion has appeared in several series. Since 2018, he has notably played the lead role in “The Rookie: Los Angeles Cop”, another police series. The opportunity for the actor to put on the bulletproof vest once more (without the words “writer” this time).

In “The Rookie”, Nathan Fillion found Jon Huertas, aka Javier Esposito in “Castle”, Seamus Dever, aka Kevin Ryan, but also Molly C. Quinn, who played his daughter Alexis Castle. For her part, Stana Katic went from police captain in New York in “Castle” to FBI agent in “Abstentia” (2017-2020).

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