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Just hours after wrapping shooting on the shocking Season 3 finale of Castle, Seamus Dever, who plays Kevin Ryan on the ABC hit, told Wetpaint all about it. In Part 1 of our exclusive interview, Dever — still bruised and exhausted from the epic shoot — explains why the finale is like the grimmest part of the Star Wars franchise, hints at trouble brewing between Ryan and Esposito, and tells us just how Castle and Beckett should get together… if they ever do!

Wetpaint: What can you tell us about the finale?

Seamus Dever: It’s big. It’s dark. I’ve been calling it our Empire Strikes Back episode because it’s dark. I mean, The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite movie of all of them for that reason. It was realistic. There’s not much hope that comes out of the season finale.

I think it’s going to probably really excite a lot of people and they’ll think, “Oh, what a great episode!” And other people are going to go, “No! No!” And they’re probably going to be screaming at their television. [Laughs] It’s going to have a reaction.

And I hope people like it because we really, really worked very hard on it. I’ve got the bruises and scrapes and blood to show for it. I really hope that the audience does respond to it, and that it propels them to come back with us in the fall.

Do you relate to Ryan at all?

Absolutely. I relate to the idea of someone being the young guy on the team. There’s something to learn from everybody. I like his sense of smartass-ness. That’s just like me in real life. I think he’s a lot closer to me than a lot of the characters I’ve played in my life.

Jon Huertas (Javier Esposito) told us he wanted to see the friendship between Ryan and Esposito tested? How would you feel about that?

People have really responded to our characters and they want more of us out there. I’d like it to be a real relationship that we have. People have ups and downs and people have fights and I think you’re going to see some of that in the season finale. We were filming very late [Wednesday] night — something towards that point. So Jon’s right. We want to see us getting upset with each other and then making up. You know, having girlfriends and being on dates, just what happens in a real partnership. People put things up between us. I think we’d like to see that fleshed out a lot more and conflict is part of that.

Should Castle and Beckett get together?

I think they should. [Laughing] Usually in an interview that’s the first thing that somebody asks me, so I want it to just happen so we can all just move on. I think the audience will go with us because I think the show at its core is not just about, “Oh are they gonna finally do it?” And then you hear everything about “The Moonlighting Curse,” which is B.S. because people forget there was a writers’ strike during the middle of that whole thing so Moonlighting went away and lost momentum. There were other circumstances. The curse is crap. There’s shows like Bones — they got together, right?

Getting together doesn’t mean happily ever after. I think people expect all of their differences of personality to be just completely solved. I know in my relationship it’s not true. We fight, we make up, we learn a little more about each other. And I think that’s probably what’s going to happen with Castle and Beckett, is that they get together, and then they fight, they break up, they come back together, they fight… And there might be an endless cycle, just sort of like there is in a lot of the tumultuous relationships out there.

If they get together, I’d like to see it raise certain questions about what happens when they put each other in harm’s way, which tends to happen to them. It will be interesting to see what will happen next season because I have no idea where we go from here. You’ll understand that statement when you see the season finale. Where do were go now?

Who is your dream guest star?

A lot of my dream guest stars are people that are my friends that I’d like to come on the show and work with again. People that I’ve done plays with and stuff like that. This is a small one, but there’s an actor named Colm Feore on The Borgias. I’d love for him to come on the show and play my dad some day. All of my favorite people are like that, are people like Robert Duvall. People who are solid actors. You want to work with them. I don’t know if they’d ever do TV but people like that I’d love to have on the show.

Want more Castle dish from Seamus Dever? Come back next week for Part 2!

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I’ve added a few more stills to the gallery from episode 3×24 “Knockout.”

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YOUR ‘CASTLE’ QUESTIONS ANSWERED!

First, I was completely blown away by the great response and the volume of questions y’all sent in for Andrew Marlowe. So I figured I’d poke out three of the most spoiler-ific questions for today’s column for a super-sized Castle item. Rest assured, you’ll be getting several more answered as we head toward the finale! Until then, enjoy, kittens.

Any further scoop on the upcoming L.A. episode would be fun…. shared hotel suite…. sportscars… palm trees… bikinis that episode is already looking like it’s going to be a fan favorite! — Cheryl
I’d be willing to say it’ll be a fan-fave — especially if you enjoy rogue Beckett! “She’s not a cop in L.A. She’s not working under any authority, so she has to go a little rogue, which I think both delights Castle, but also makes him a little bit nervous,” says Marlowe. “In New York, she’s always there as a safety net to make sure things go as planned. But in L.A., they’re flying blind.” But Marlowe is humbled when I tell him fans are building this one up. “Well, we hope we don’t disappoint. I don’t want to build it up too much,” he says, laughing. So modest!

I hope this is an appropriate question as I have never posted one before: I am wondering if Marlowe and/or fellow writers see all the storyline theories for the L.A. episode or season finale posted on sites like the ABC message boards?  I read them and have to chuckle, wondering if the powers that be read them and laugh at how off base they are or be amazed at how correct they are. Thanks. — Rayna
There’s absolutely no right or wrong question to ask, Rayna! Fear not. But you should fear that information you’re writing online is getting back to Marlowe. He’s a busy guy, so he doesn’t always have time to read it himself. But trust me when I say, he hears it. And you know what? Some of the theories you’ve pondered about the finale are correct! “Certainly there are people out there who are flirting with various elements of what we’re doing who have gotten some things right,” he says.

Please give us some theories on the possible game changer for Castle and Beckett!!!  Is someone he knows involved in Beckett’s mom’s murder?  Beckett pregnant by Josh?  I need something significant from the finale to get me through the summer!  PLEASE!!!!! — Jade
Pregnant? I think not. And my game changer theory? Per Marlowe, “There’s a moment where the two of them talk about their feelings for each other and really get to express where they think they’re at in the relationship,” Marlowe says, making my heart flutter. “I think fans will be really interested to see how that information comes out.”

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I’ve added 3 additional behind the scenes photos from season 3. These come from episodes 3×23 “Pretty Dead” and 3×24 “Knockout.” Enjoy!

Huge thanks to my friend Meghan!

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CASTLE – “Knockout” – Kate Beckett’s investigation into her mother’s death is reactivated when Hal Lockwood (guest star Max Martini, “The Unit”) – a professional hitman with knowledge of Beckett’s mother’s murder – stages a spectacular escape during a court hearing. As police launch a manhunt for Lockwood, Castle and the team uncover evidence of a deeper conspiracy involving a mysterious figure with law enforcement connections who is linked to both Lockwood’s escape and the killing of Johanna Beckett. The search for Lockwood and the quest to identify his co-conspirator leads to a shocking and deadly conclusion, on the Season Finale of “Castle,” MONDAY, MAY 16 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

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Any more teases about the end of Castle‘s season? — Greg
ADAM: There may be yet another familiar face we see less of next year. But this one doesn’t involve the Grim Reaper: Castle’s daughter Alexis may be leaving the city. “[Her boyfriend] is going off to college — he’s going to Stanford,” creator Andrew W. Marlowe reveals. “So how is the long-distance relationship going to work? When we leave Episode 23, Alexis has vowed to go to college early, because she has the credits, so she can be with Ashley.” Someone should tell the Grim Reaper Castle might have a special job for him.

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Castle!!!!! — Sharon
Think you’ve heard all there is to hear about the finale? Think again. Whilst grilling executive producer Andrew Marlowe about the episode via email, the king of teases had this to say: “Part of the drama of how we’re ending the season hopefully will be all the speculation of how it will affect all our characters next season, especially Beckett and Castle now that, after the finale, so many more of their emotional cards will be on the table.” Considering the show’s track record for making the stone in my chest ache, this might be completely amazing.

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