Entrevista a Ruben Santiago-Hudson 30-3-2011

Exclusive! Castle Captain Ruben Santiago-Hudson Talks Season Finale Cliffhanger and On-Set Pranks

Add Ruben Santiago-Hudson to the members of Team Castle who think Beckett and Castle are going to get together. In an exclusive Wetpaint interview, the Humanitas Prize-winning actor and writer — who plays Captain Roy Montgomery on the ABC hit — told us why a Castle-Beckett hook-up is “inevitable,” laughed about the show’s Three Musketeers of pranks, and hinted at a season finale that will “shock” fans.

What do you enjoy most about playing the boss?

Ruben Santiago-Hudson: I just try to play him as a human being. I enjoy playing Roy. There’s a lot of room for growth and interpretation and discovery. I try to discover as much as I possibly can — especially about the relationship between Beckett [Stana Katic] and Montgomery.

How do you think the dynamic between Montgomery and Castle (Nathan Fillion), and Montgomery and Beckett, has changed in three seasons?

First of all, I have developed a relationship with Castle, but I’ve always had one with Beckett because she’s one of my cops and I feel like I’m part of her family. I know about her losses. I trained her. I’ve had her working under me for quite some time and so we have this relationship of respect and like we’re family. Castle, I’ve learned to like as long as he’s not in the way. He’s always welcome because he makes me look good. He does come up with ideas we wouldn’t normally think of. I’m learning to really appreciate him, but there are times when he’s a thorn in my side.

Your co-stars Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic recently came down on opposite sides of the “Will they or won’t they” question. Do YOU think Castle and Beckett should get together?

I think it’s inevitable. When two human beings have that kind of chemistry and that kind of sexual tension and they work that closely together it’s almost inevitable. And they have that attraction — so I think they will get together.

What can we expect from the team in the last leg of the season?

I think there’ll be more discoveries. In my estimation, I think that the writers are trying to come up with some big, dramatic pop for the end of the season, a cliffhanger that will be huge and make you come back for more. What I’m hoping for is development of the characters. I would like to see some more humanity from Montgomery as far as, you know, personally — who he is, and why he is the way he is. But if you’re asking me as the writer and the creator of a show, which I’ve done [HBO’s Lackawanna Blues], they’re probably looking for a huge cliffhanger at the end that’s going to shock everybody, so that’s what I would expect.