Despite her contentious termination from the ABC drama series Castle in 2016, Stana Katic has disclosed that she has happy memories of her time there. The 42-year-old acknowledges how adored her character was, even though she still feels some hurt, in an interview with News Corp on Saturday. For seven years, the ex-James Bond girl costarred with Nathan Fillion as NYPD homicide detective Kate Beckett, with mystery writer Richard Castle.However, time has gone by, and I am incredibly grateful to have contributed to the project and for it to have had such a positive impact on so many others. “People loved that couple, loved the story we told, and loved all of those characters,” she continued.If I looked back and felt anything but gratitude for the incredible run, it would be a disrespect to the work I did, which I believe contributed to the show’s success. In 2018, Stana acknowledged that she was still perplexed about her dismissal from ABC, which had opted to cancel the entire romantic comedy procedural just one month before. “It was a harsh ending and it hurt,” the Canadian-American told EW. “I honestly still don’t understand the reasoning behind how it happened.”
In the terribly received, hurried series finale “Crossfire,” Kate and Richard were shown as happily married and engaging in family activities with their three kids “seven years later.” Stana went on, “I hope it stays something special in viewers’ minds forever.” “Working on that project, I got to know a lot of amazing people and we created something truly special—it’s not every day that a show or series gets eight seasons and becomes a network hit.” In the serial killer series Absentia, the University of Toronto alumna Emily Byrne stars as an FBI agent who becomes a fugitive. She also produces the show.
