Castle: Cast & Creators Live at PALEYFEST

If you are a fan of the series , then, you will enjoy the cast having fun while talking about the show. Of course I would like for these interviews to last at least a couple of hours and have a better moderator with all kinds of questions but it is what it is, nothing is perfect.Having said all that...I still love watching it... hope this helps.

This is from March 9, 2012 and includes Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Jon Huertas, Tamala Jones, Seamus Dever, Penny Johnson Jerald (Captain Gates), Andrew W. Marlowe - creator/executive producer and Will Keck - Moderator, TV Guide Magazine. c 2012 The Paley Center for Media. WS on case. Doesn't say it is a DVD-R on the case. Watched the DVD. Yes, even though I found nothing on the DVD or the case, it is a DVD-R per the Blu-ray player.It played perfectly and very clear. It lasted 1 hr. 7 min. 53 sec. After 14 min they did a "3 min" reading of parts of The Blue Butterfly but took over 7 minutes and was hard to understand since they were doing different accents. At 49 min. they took questions from the audience. I think they could have done a better job with the reading but it was fun, anyway. The cast from Castle really is great. I love the show and was happy to get this newest Paleyfest of the actors and the creator/executive producer. Wlll Keck did a great job as well.

Great cast interview. I loved Nathan Fillion's sense of humor, he made this such a joy to watch. I was sadly surprised at how immature Stana Katic is, she rarely gave answers that made any sense and then laughed as if she was very funny, I found her very odd and sophomoric. Katic is a world traveler and fluent in several languages but she made it seem as though the series Castle was just a joke to her. It would have been nice if they all spoke up more but Nathan picked up the slack when others just sat there. Nathan carried this very well and made it a lot of fun to watch, great personality.

If you like Castle, this may appeal to you: the entire cast of regulars sits and has some fun for about an hour. BUT the moderator is self-absorbed (Will Keck, TV Guide Magazine), and he takes forever to get into anything important. There are imbalances: he cannot get Stana Katic to talk, he tends to focus on the actors sitting closest to him (Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn), but Andrew Marlowe is sitting 9 chairs away. Marlowe has some interesting things to say about the complexity and story archs of the series (and future directions), but he's not allowed to reveal much. There's some cute joking around between Seamus Dever, Jon Huertas, & Tamala Jones at one point, but Penny Johnson Jerald, while lively, gets a little too much airtime (Susan Sullivan, usually fun, seems uncomfortable throughout). Nathan Fillion is very charming -- and he sets up some clowning with Huertas and Dever. He also answers for Katic several times, which adds to an unevenness of air-time by the major players. Overpriced for what is delivered.

Although my cable watch time is very limited, mostly to PBS English mysteries and Masterpiece presentations, the TV program "Castle" is one of my very favorites. It has great characters and good writing. I really like and story lines that I can relate to. I enjoyed the interview session that gave all of the actors who play the main characters a chance to talk and to show who they are. The actors are charming. They seem to be the kind of real people I would be able to relate to. I am looking forward to the time when this series will be part of the Prime Video lineup.

Paleyfest events are always cool. I would have given 5 stars but it was hard to watch Stana Katic. Everyone else was loose and engaging,but she would only speak when directly asked to comment on something. Then she would go into a giggling fit like she was embarrassed that she actually said something without a script... Cute,yes. But she seemed way out of her league sitting next to Susan Sullivan, Tamala Jones et al...

Bought this as a Castle fan but was disppointed in the quality of the video. The event is wonderful, lovely moments with the cast and crew attending. I assume it was not anticipated to be released on DVD before the show took off in popularity, so I am grateful this exists at all, but I was surprised the video was so low in image quality compared to the 2012 Paley event.

Diehard fans will love this DVD. Even those of us who are past the screaming stage when they see their favorite celeb can find enjoyment from the banter and obvious bonding between the cast members. I wish they had been able to be more candid instead of the contrived sketch and dialogue led by the m.c. It looks like the script writers are going to have to give "Kevin" more to do if the reaction of the crowd to him is any indication, and the one bit of information I found most interesting was the fact his real wife played his wife on the show - trivia that keeps things interesting.