ABC finally pulls the plug on Castle after years of off-camera drama
As we learned last month, to the surprise of no one with even a passing interest in TV gossip, Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion absolutely loathe each other. The two actors are the leads on ABC’s Castle, which has slogged through eight seasons full of off-camera tensions. In April, Stana Katic announced that this season, the eighth, would be her last. She was not going to sign on to anything else. The rumor going around was the Fillion had pushed her out at long last, and that he was on board with doing a ninth season solo, Castle-without-Beckett. There was also a ton of gossip about just how bad it had gotten between Katic and Fillion – so bad that ABC had basically sent them to couples counseling, which ended up failing anyway.
Anyway, the last I heard was that ABC was seriously considering signing on for a ninth season of Castle where Fillion would basically be the only returning cast member. There were also some stories earlier this week about how writers had decided to kill Beckett in this season’s finale. But now ABC has had a change of heart. Castle is no more.
There’s even worse news for Castle fans shocked by Stana Katic’s departure from the show. ABC has canceled Castle after eight seasons, PEOPLE has confirmed. The series finale will air Monday. The Castle team filmed two different versions of the finale, depending on if the show was was cancelled or renewed. The cancelation news comes as rumors of tension between Katic and fellow lead Nathan Fillion have surfaced.
“The two were basically not speaking to each other if it wasn’t in character,” a source tells PEOPLE.
I’m including Katic and Fillion’s reactions below. Katic seems over it and Fillion might have just now realized that he severely overplayed his hand. While I know there are a lot of Fillion fan-girls, in all of the stories over the years, Fillion sounded like an egotistic a—hole who took issue with sharing his screen time with a strong female lead. I’m really glad ABC decided to put this show out of its misery.
To the fans: thank you for your support. I love you. 💋✌🏽️
— Stana Katic (@Stana_Katic) April 19, 2016
— Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) April 19, 2016
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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