Castle thinky thoughts
Sep. 9th, 2011 10:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helsinkibabyReally interesting interview with Tamala Jones about season four here - spoilers under the cut.
Looks like they're taking it up right from where the finale left off...can't wait to see Lanie giving Kate CPR.
This also interested me, because I'm all about the character dynamics...
Will there be any more development between Lanie and Esposito?
Tamala Jones: From what I know so far because I don’t really get to hear much, those guys are very secretive in the writer’s room, but one of the ideas that they tossed out is that Ryan, his partner, is getting married this season and they’re preparing the wedding and I think that we all meet up with him and his fiancé, myself and Esposito, and there’s some risk and I’m not really clear on what I plan to do with it.
I think it might be Lanie wanting to get married and Esposito not ready, the whole marriage bliss thing where she sees it and wants it. Or there might be some tension between her and the fiancé. So, I’m not really clear which way they’re going, but they’re going to take away the honeymoon phase which is normal and give you some rockiness in the relationship. But I love that.
Kinda interesting, because maybe it's just me but I always thought that it would be the other way around, that it would be Esposito who wanted to get married and Lanie who did. I don't know what it is but Esposito always struck me as the type of guy who pretends to be this big player but really is all monogamous and stuff.
What kind of storyline do you hope to see for your character this season or in upcoming ones?
Tamala Jones: I would love for them to bring a family member in for Lanie. I had the pleasure of meeting this young little rapper named Lil’ Mama. She’s sassy and straight New York, Brooklyn. She’s adorable and I immediately got this idea, like, ‘What if Lanie has a little sister who is just bad and that’s where you really see her toughness,’ like that’s where it comes from because her parents aren’t around and she basically looks out for her sister and can’t always be there. So, the sister is into stuff and somehow she gets involved in a crime and ends up at the police station and I have to come down there, like, ‘What the hell?!’
Lil’ Mama would be awesome.
Tamala Jones: Yeah, it would really help. Maybe she becomes friends with Alexis. I don’t know, but I plan to bring her down to the set and talk to Andrew and let him see her and see what happens.
OK, someone needs to write me that fanfic right the heck now!
Can you tell us something about your character that nobody has ever asked?
Tamala Jones: Lets see. I think that no one has ever asked if Lanie has ever been married before or what was her situation before Esposito, dating wise. You saw a little bit, like, ‘Where you going?’ where Lanie came up to a crime scene dressed in a dress.
There was a scene where Castle was looking at her girls and she was like, ‘Castle, stop looking at the girls.’ Her boobs. But she was coming from somewhere, but you don’t know what happened before Esposito. There were little things like that you’d see where you’d think that Lanie was dating. So, I think that people really should ask, ‘Who were you dating before Esposito and what made you become a medical examiner? Why did you do that?’ I think Lanie, if she wasn’t a medical examiner would be a basketball wife with that attitude.
Or maybe a criminal on the wrong side of the law?
Tamala Jones: Maybe I would be on the wrong side of the law. I like that.
Lanie being married before I could definitely see. And I'm sure she used to date before Esposito, possibly quite a lot... the thing that struck me about their scenes together to date is that they're so fun together. Quite a different vibe to Castle/Gina or Castle/Beckett, and to Ryan/Jenny... there was the whole bedroom scene that outed them, the don't be checking me out at the crime scene conversation, the way he snapped her picture... then, in the same episode where he arrived at the morgue calling her "Chica", which we've seen him do once since then, which makes me think that it's a fairly regular occurence. There's a lightness, for want of a better word, to them that I find really interesting. And I think they've both got a past... I'd be really interested to see what would happen if their past collided with their present. Because we know Lanie's got a jealous streak (the top heavy tramp from records comment comes to mind) and I'm damn sure Esposito has one too!
Is it September yet? Not that I'll get to see it in September but I can hope!
Looks like they're taking it up right from where the finale left off...can't wait to see Lanie giving Kate CPR.
This also interested me, because I'm all about the character dynamics...
Will there be any more development between Lanie and Esposito?
Tamala Jones: From what I know so far because I don’t really get to hear much, those guys are very secretive in the writer’s room, but one of the ideas that they tossed out is that Ryan, his partner, is getting married this season and they’re preparing the wedding and I think that we all meet up with him and his fiancé, myself and Esposito, and there’s some risk and I’m not really clear on what I plan to do with it.
I think it might be Lanie wanting to get married and Esposito not ready, the whole marriage bliss thing where she sees it and wants it. Or there might be some tension between her and the fiancé. So, I’m not really clear which way they’re going, but they’re going to take away the honeymoon phase which is normal and give you some rockiness in the relationship. But I love that.
Kinda interesting, because maybe it's just me but I always thought that it would be the other way around, that it would be Esposito who wanted to get married and Lanie who did. I don't know what it is but Esposito always struck me as the type of guy who pretends to be this big player but really is all monogamous and stuff.
What kind of storyline do you hope to see for your character this season or in upcoming ones?
Tamala Jones: I would love for them to bring a family member in for Lanie. I had the pleasure of meeting this young little rapper named Lil’ Mama. She’s sassy and straight New York, Brooklyn. She’s adorable and I immediately got this idea, like, ‘What if Lanie has a little sister who is just bad and that’s where you really see her toughness,’ like that’s where it comes from because her parents aren’t around and she basically looks out for her sister and can’t always be there. So, the sister is into stuff and somehow she gets involved in a crime and ends up at the police station and I have to come down there, like, ‘What the hell?!’
Lil’ Mama would be awesome.
Tamala Jones: Yeah, it would really help. Maybe she becomes friends with Alexis. I don’t know, but I plan to bring her down to the set and talk to Andrew and let him see her and see what happens.
OK, someone needs to write me that fanfic right the heck now!
Can you tell us something about your character that nobody has ever asked?
Tamala Jones: Lets see. I think that no one has ever asked if Lanie has ever been married before or what was her situation before Esposito, dating wise. You saw a little bit, like, ‘Where you going?’ where Lanie came up to a crime scene dressed in a dress.
There was a scene where Castle was looking at her girls and she was like, ‘Castle, stop looking at the girls.’ Her boobs. But she was coming from somewhere, but you don’t know what happened before Esposito. There were little things like that you’d see where you’d think that Lanie was dating. So, I think that people really should ask, ‘Who were you dating before Esposito and what made you become a medical examiner? Why did you do that?’ I think Lanie, if she wasn’t a medical examiner would be a basketball wife with that attitude.
Or maybe a criminal on the wrong side of the law?
Tamala Jones: Maybe I would be on the wrong side of the law. I like that.
Lanie being married before I could definitely see. And I'm sure she used to date before Esposito, possibly quite a lot... the thing that struck me about their scenes together to date is that they're so fun together. Quite a different vibe to Castle/Gina or Castle/Beckett, and to Ryan/Jenny... there was the whole bedroom scene that outed them, the don't be checking me out at the crime scene conversation, the way he snapped her picture... then, in the same episode where he arrived at the morgue calling her "Chica", which we've seen him do once since then, which makes me think that it's a fairly regular occurence. There's a lightness, for want of a better word, to them that I find really interesting. And I think they've both got a past... I'd be really interested to see what would happen if their past collided with their present. Because we know Lanie's got a jealous streak (the top heavy tramp from records comment comes to mind) and I'm damn sure Esposito has one too!
Is it September yet? Not that I'll get to see it in September but I can hope!
