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Richard Edgar "Rick" Castle (born Richard Alexander Rodgers) is a fictional character portrayed by Nathan Fillion in the ABC crime series Castle.
The light-hearted rich mystery novelist helps the NYPD solve crimes, especially romantic interest then fiancé, hard-working serious detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), who inspires fictional heroine Nikki Heat. Although Castle is a fictional character, in the real world "he" has an official website, richardcastle.net, promoting real books about Nikki Heat and Derrick Storm, by secret writers, rumored to include Tom Straw and Brad Parks. Actor Nathan Fillion plays the role for book tours and signs autographs as Castle.
Castle is the father of Alexis Castle and the son of Martha Rodgers (who both live with him) and a CIA operative who has used the aliases "Jackson Hunt" and "Anderson Cross". Castle's birth name is Richard Alexander Rodgers, but he changed it to Richard Edgar Castle when he became a writer (Edgar in honor of Edgar Allan Poe, though he still considers Alexander his middle name). Fillion describes the family dynamic as unconventional because "Castle is very much mothered by his 15-year-old daughter, and at the same time he turns around and mothers his own mother."
As a child, he never knew who his father was. He reasoned that he never missed having a father as he never had anything to miss, and it allowed him to imagine that his father could be anyone he wished. He was looked after by a nanny who spent most of her time watching daytime television. One Life to Live was the inspiration to write his first novel. He was further inspired to become a writer when a man (later revealed to be the father he never knew) handed him a copy of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale at the New York Public Library when he was ten years old. He also claims to have been kicked out of all of New York's finer academic institutions at least once, and to have picked up speed reading while spending his days as a child in the New York Public Library.
Castle has been married and divorced twice. His first wife was Alexis's mother, Meredith, an impulsive, free-spirited actress, and red-haired like her daughter. She and Richard occasionally meet for a sexual liaison, causing Richard to refer to her metaphorically as a "deep-fried twinkie" (something that is a treat on occasion, but to have it every day would kill you) when she contemplated moving back to New York. His second wife was Gina Cowell, his publisher, a role she continues after their divorce. Castle and Gina became involved again, briefly, when she spent a summer with him in the Hamptons supervising his second Nikki Heat novel, but they soon ended their relationship.
Castle has sole custody of his daughter, Alexis. As a result of his own experiences being raised by a nanny, he insisted on raising her himself, made easier by the fact that he works from his large loft apartment shared with his mother. Alexis sometimes seems more mature and responsible than her father, parenting him. Richard takes great care of her, but also likes to play with her.
Castle also plays regular poker games with fellow authors James Patterson, Stephen J. Cannell, Michael Connelly, and Dennis Lehane. When Cannell died in 2010, a fictional mystery writer was invited by Castle to the game, but a seat was left empty in their friend's honor. He also mentions being friends with Jonathan Kellerman, Wes Craven, and Stephen King.
In the fifth season, Castle finally meets his father (portrayed by James Brolin), whom he learns is a spy when he helps him rescue Alexis when she was kidnapped. A Russian enemy of Castle's father seeks revenge for the Russian's murdered wife, so he kidnaps Alexis to lure him out. His father has been checking in on him, his mom, and Alexis their whole lives.
At the end of the final fifth season episode, Castle proposes marriage to Beckett just as she prepares to reveal her decision on a Washington, DC job offer. The episode ends before she answers. At the beginning of the first sixth season episode, "Valkyrie", Kate accepts.
Early episodes of the series had Castle voicing over the introductory credits beginning with Season 2.
There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking how to kill people: Psychopaths, and mystery writers. I'm the kind that pays better. Who am I? I'm Rick Castle... Every writer needs inspiration, and I found mine." [Det. Kate Beckett as Nikki Heat] "And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, I get to be on her case... And together, we catch killers."
Castle is an author of mystery fiction, with 26 bestsellers. His first novel, In a Hail of Bullets, accrued at least 21 rejections before being accepted by a publisher (he keeps the first rejection letter he received framed on his office wall as motivation) and winning the Nom DePlume Society's Tom Straw Award for Mystery Literature.
His most popular works are a series starring "Derrick Storm"; A Calm Before The Storm, Gathering Storm, Unholy Storm, Storm's Last Stand, Storm Season, Storm Rising, Storm Warning, and Storm's Break and in the pilot episode, Castle attends a party for the release of the final book in the Storm series, Stormfall, which ends with the surprise death of Derrick Storm, Castle having become bored with the character. He later reads from the novel before a book-signing. Patterson and Cannell both disagree with the decision to kill off Storm, with Cannell commenting that he could have crippled Storm instead, so that he could revisit the character if he changed his mind.
His other books include Death of a Prom Queen, Flowers For Your Grave, Hell Hath No Fury, A Skull at Springtime, At Dusk We Die, When It Comes to Slaughter, and A Rose for Everafter. By his own admission, his early works—Death of a Prom Queen, Flowers For Your Grave, and Hell Hath No Fury—are of poor quality; he points to Hell Hath No Fury in particular, with its plotline of "angry Wiccans out for blood" as being a low point in his career.
After using his friendship with the Mayor to get partnered with NYPD detective Kate Beckett under the pretense of conducting research for a new character, Castle plans a new series of novels starring a new character, a detective based on Beckett. He soon names Beckett's literary alter-ego "Nikki Heat", much to her embarrassment. Beckett takes umbrage at the name, regarding it a "stripper name", and insists that Castle change it, despite his proposing the book titles Summer Heat, Heat Wave, and In Heat. Ultimately, he sticks with the name, and the first novel in the series, Heat Wave, is released to much critical acclaim, with talk in the third season of a movie adaptation. The title of his second Nikki Heat novel, Naked Heat, once again displeases Beckett.
It has been suggested that Castle's interest in death, murder, and the macabre may be the result of a childhood trauma. When Beckett confronts him about it, Castle avoids the question. However, as soon as he tells the story, he admits it is fictional and that it's " job to make stuff up". Later, he admits to his daughter that one of the reasons he writes is to try to understand how criminals could do the things they do. He was under consideration for a deal to write three novels revolving around an unnamed British spy (implied to be James Bond) but rejected the offer, allegedly because his publisher wanted three more Nikki Heat novels and offered him more money, but secretly because accepting would have ended his collaboration with Beckett.
Castle is something of a "method writer", endlessly researching his subjects and acquiring new skills to put himself in the mind of his characters. Amongst the useful skills Castle (and to some extent, partner-in-crime Alexis) have acquired are lock picking, safe cracking, fencing, and a basic grounding in forensics. He also has researched crimes and serial killers, such as the original crime spree of serial killer Jerry Tyson aka The Triple Killer or 3XK for When It Comes to Slaughter.
Kyra Blaine, an ex-girlfriend of Castle to whom he dedicated A Rose for Everafter to, told Beckett that Castle only dedicates his books to people he truly cares about.
About author and audiobooks:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Castle |
Nikki Heat series
Richard Castle - Heat Wave (read by Johnny Heller)
Richard Castle - Naked Heat (read by Johnny Heller)
Richard Castle - Heat Rises (read by Johnny Heller)
Richard Castle - Frozen Heat (read by Johnny Heller)
Richard Castle - Deadly Heat (read by Robert Petkoff)
Code:
http://rapidgator.net/file/403979ad684a2aa7a40a902f7d5d0bce/Heat_Wave.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/9215d49f5e08ff377c272e7c85160fd8/Naked_Heat.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/c2c44e1ca322ac9c1b7eb6be5a2bbc49/Heat_Rises.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/12be07d07aa4c3e0dba12e923e4846ed/Frozen_Heat.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/7e4c2a1dc07fcd4e5a69c8b7dc6c7aaa/Deadly_Heat.rar.html |
Derrick Storm series
Richard Castle - Storm Surge (read by Johnny Heller)
A Brewing Storm
A Raging Storm
A Bloody Storm
Richard Castle - Storm Front (read by Robert Petkoff)
Code:
http://rapidgator.net/file/81e0647e9f5febb8a956e856cde595dc/Storm_Surge.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/cddb066fc79166707aacc16d674f340c/Storm_Front.rar.html |
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