Fans of Joss Whedon already know all about Nathan Fillion. Whether as the charismatic leader Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly, the charismatically evil Caleb on Buffy the Vampire Slayer or the charismatic but arrogant Captain Hammer in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog, there’s one thing that ties every Nathan Fillion performance together. (more…)

Nathan Fillion plays the outwardly roguish, cocky, couldn’t-care-less Richard Castle with an ease unlike anyone else.  His attitude and mannerisms almost make you want to hate him at first, but you can’t help but smile at the same time.  In the opening scene, Castle is introduced to the stage while autographing a female fan’s breast.  As he’s walking away from her he slyly says, “Call me when you’re ready to wash that.”  Though we quickly learn, through several scenes with his teenage daughter, that Richard Castle does care, and you start to peel back the layers that separate the public persona that Castle exhibits to his fans, with the real Castle that he keeps safely hidden below the tough exterior… (more…)

…What elevates “Castle” above being just another crime procedural is Fillion (“Desperate Housewives,” “Firefly.”) He’s an incredibly charismatic actor, and he brings all of that with him as Castle, who has an appreciatively flippant sense of humor. (At one point, he tries to stop a criminal by throwing his shoe at him.) Fillion is also just so darn likable. The whole show actually has a light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek approach that rescues it from its silliness. The murders aren’t jokey, but there’s not all the brow-furrowing that goes on in other crime shows…

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Trucker will be released in theatres in September 2009.  The following review excerpts are from the website truckermovie.net

…Broken family films usually become either maudlin or patronizing. Indeed, this film walks that line but somehow avoids falling into the dungeon of self-pity due to Mottern’s sharp and lean dialog. Great supporting work by NathanFillion as Runner, Diane’s married wanna-be boyfriend. The two appear in some pretty durn good drunken shenanigans that are actually funny. Drunk jokes rarely make a film, but these are added with such perfect realism that many will reflect on having been there, whether they like it or not. Also contributing to the overall success of the film are Joey Lauren Adams and Benjamin Bratt — monstersandcritics.com

I also saw Trucker at Tribeca and I thought Michelle Monaghan and Nathan Fillion did amazing work on this film! Nathan was so incredibly hot, but not in a way he has ever been seen before. He was downright manly and had women in the audience gasping for air during one esp riveting scene. Michelle Monaghan kicked a** and should def get an Oscar. The audience was filled with people of all ages and somehow this movie seemed to touch a cord with virtually everyone. I saw 3 people who were sobbing so hard, they fled the theatre to recover. I was blown away, too. Amazing movie! Can’t wait to see it again when its released to the public! — unknown

Chemistry is necessary for this picture to work and the cast has it. Romantic chemistry between Michelle Monaghan, who does a wonderful job carrying this film, and Nathan Fillion and mother/son chemistry between Monaghan and Jimmy Benett. I also enjoyed Mottern’s script and the cinematography. — Yorick Brown

Nathan Fillion plays yet another character that you can’t help but fall in love with. Not a bad thing to be typecast as! The actor (Jimmy Bennett) who played the little kid was very subtle for a child actor. I asked about him during the Q&A and Mottern said “Yeah, he’s really a 40 year old man.” Pretty amazing.— blogspot.com

In “Waitress” (May 2) Nathan Fillion plays the funny-Valentine love object of Keri Russell’s pie-baking genius, and does it so deftly you wonder why more directors of romantic comedy haven’t snapped him up. The last film by Adrienne Shelly, who was murdered in her Greenwich Village office last November, “Waitress” spices its humor with some decidedly tangy elements. For one thing the romance between Ms. Russell and Mr. Fillion is highly inappropriate, yet he carries it off with a light touch, quirky enough to feel just right.

A married ob-gyn who sleeps with an unhappy patient? Yikes. What’s funny about that? Mr. Fillion is, not least because he’s so good at looking blindsided by Jenna’s beauty and charm. When she suddenly leaps into his arms, he catches her with the stunned look of a man who can’t believe his luck. But that’s all he does.

No face-pulling or exaggerated double takes. Mr. Fillion is funny precisely because he’s a minimalist. His double takes are so tiny they’re a joke in themselves. His quiet just-folks presence on screen is a magnet; you watch to see what he’s up to.

Among the things Mr. Fillion lets us see before the movie ends is the subtle fault line — selfishness — in this sweet and caring man. It’s not a lot of selfishness, just a little. Kind of like sneaking a second piece of pie. – Karen Durbin

• Source: The New York Times