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Castillo was a bad ass

posted 8 years ago by AngularTurnip (3337)
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He should of been the focus of the show not Crockett and Tubbs.

[–] DracTarashV2 (4493) 7 years ago

Crockett and Tubbs are legends. But I’m in total agreement, Castillo was insanely badass and always stole his scenes. He easily could’ve had his own spin-off.

[–] AngularTurnip (3337) 7 years ago

These three should have been the only major characters on the show. Zito, Switek, Gina, and Trudy were all utterly useless.

[–] TheEngineer (199) 6 years ago

At least Gina was nice to look at.

[–] AngularTurnip (3337) 7 years ago

These three should have been the only major characters on the show. Zito, Switek, Gina, and Trudy were all utterly useless.

[–] Gd5150 (11774) 7 years ago

Agreed he brought gravitas. The guy before was a total cliche cigar smoking cornball.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I wonder what happened to Castillo after the final episode. It would have been a good spin-off idea.

[–] replicant4 (219) 6 years ago

I agree Castillo was awesome, but I'm glad he didn't get any more airtime or storylines than he got. And I'm glad there was no spinoff. Part of his mystique was the mystery that surrounded him. With Castillo...less is more. Overexposure would dilute that mystique.

One of my favorite Castillo scenes is in one of his first episodes (One Eyed Jack). Tubbs walks up to him and says: "Man, who's side are you on, anyway?" To which Castillo calmly says: "Don't ever step up to my face again, detective."
The way he says it....you know he MEANT it.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

I came here to say essentially the same thing. Olmos was fantastic in this role. He was the balls of Miami Vice. He was the savage bite behind the growl. He was the rhythm guitar to Crockett’s and Tubb’s lead axes. Overexposure would have ruined him.

Always leave ‘em begging for more😈

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

What happened to Castillo? Anything that he wanted to!

[–] catsidhe (1649) 6 years ago

He was by far my favourite character in the whole series.