Fillion says he would return as Mal

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GURNEY

Friday, February 18, 2011 1:55 AM

Cool Article

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/17/firefly-returns/

-Gurney

RIONAEIRE

Friday, February 18, 2011 2:49 AM

I think that makes sense, Mal is why Fillian is famous after all.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

WISHIMAY

Friday, February 18, 2011 3:16 AM

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Cool Article
-Gurney

Huge understatement...I think that's probably my new favorite written interview... Sweet and to the point!

We love ya Cap'n!

ZEEK

Friday, February 18, 2011 2:54 PM

I don't really want to be a big downer but I don't put any stock in that interview. I mean for starters they're making the wild claim that Castle would be canceled and over with. It's doing far too well right now to be canceled anytime soon. Nathan would be a fool to walk away from such a successful show. So, basically it's saying if somehow Firefly was magically resurrected and Castle was magically canceled THEN would you consider going back to Firefly. Well yeah he'd probably consider just about any show at that point. Not much of a hypothetical IMO.

BYTEMITE

Friday, February 18, 2011 4:55 PM

When it's time to go, he'll move on, whether he can make oodles more money or not. At some point, eventually every show meets the end of their myth arc, and nothing else can be milked from the formula. When Castle gets like that, I hope it'll go out with grace and style.

As for Nathan, the guy's got a history of being willing to take risks and "for the art." If he only cared about a steady paycheck, he'd still be in daytime soaps.

PLATONIST

Friday, February 18, 2011 5:07 PM

A much more in-depth interview with Nathan, sometime last week,

Doing a Serenity sequel or trilogy would fit into his TV schedule, not sure of replacing one with the other.

And aww…he Tweets Inara over Kate, too, right there with ya on that one buddy;)

ZEEK

Friday, February 18, 2011 5:08 PM

Risks? What risks? Firefly is probably the riskiest but what up and coming actor turns down a prime time broadcast network role? I doubt they consider that a risk.

Dr. Horrible doesn't strike me as a risk either. It's not like he'd be locked into it if it didn't go well and I doubt it would sink his career if no one tuned in.

BYTEMITE

Friday, February 18, 2011 5:35 PM

Let's see. Leaving daytime soaps to go to California hoping to make it big? That seems like a pretty big risk to me.

Firefly is another risky one - yes, it offered him a chance to be the lead role in a prime time slot, but it could've tanked... And point of fact, it did. Then he got in on reviving it as a movie, which also tanked financially. He took a risk, and there were pros and cons he got out of it.

I note that Firefly wasn't his first role as a main character, that probably goes to Two Guys and a Girl. I will concede that he still hadn't had a breakout role until Firefly, despite what happened, but that doesn't make it any less of a risk. Arguably Firefly might not even have been his breakout role, as he's since been involved in other quickly canceled series and voice acting.

Dr. Horrible admittedly wasn't that risky, granted the strike was over before it started filming so he could've found other jobs, but he was in that one more for the fun and not expecting to get much money out of it. So considering his expectations, it was also low risk.

Castle is also low risk (and maybe THIS is technically his breakout role), but that doesn't mean he's gone from a risk-taker to risk-adverse. He strikes me as a guy who goes after stories he likes and parts he thinks he can bring something special to, and that means he has a spread of both risky and not risky roles under his belt.

STORYMARK

Friday, February 18, 2011 6:42 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
I don't really want to be a big downer but I don't put any stock in that interview. I mean for starters they're making the wild claim that Castle would be canceled and over with. It's doing far too well right now to be canceled anytime soon. Nathan would be a fool to walk away from such a successful show. So, basically it's saying if somehow Firefly was magically resurrected and Castle was magically canceled THEN would you consider going back to Firefly. Well yeah he'd probably consider just about any show at that point. Not much of a hypothetical IMO.

Uh, I think everyone knows it was just a hypothetical. Certainly Nathan did. I think you might be taking it a might bit too seriously. No ones really thinking this means they're going to cancel anything, or magically bring anything back...

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

STORYMARK

Friday, February 18, 2011 6:47 PM

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Firefly is another risky one - yes, it offered him a chance to be the lead role in a prime time slot, but it could've tanked... And point of fact, it did. Then he got in on reviving it as a movie, which also tanked financially. He took a risk, and there were pros and cons he got out of it.

That's a pretty big reach. Being cast as the lead in a network show isn't a risk unless it's a bigger name stepping down (from movies or the like). But for a barely-known like Nathan was, it's a boon, plain and simple. Even if the show tanked, it's a lead credit, and a solid paycheck for at least a short time. Sure, there's the risk it could get canceled, but that goes with EVERY new show, so that's like saying it's brave and risky to walk outside 'cuz something bad could happen.

Like you said - it DID tank, and he got a signature role, a fiercely loyal fanbase, risiduals for years, a leading role in a feature film, and it opened the door for more series work. And that's the result of being canceled, the bad outcome. Pretty hard to say it was risky when the bad outcome set him up for life.

Even the movie wasn't risky for him, as it was his first lead in a big theatrical release. Again, not much down side for him.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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