If you weren't around at the time, this show was just phenomenal...it was cool...the music, clothes, shootouts, locations....just brilliant. Castillo scared the crap out of me with his acting. Bloody great times
I always loved the swagger and attitude of Castillo, it gave the show and fellow relationship a whole new feel. There’s tough and then there’s pride, Castillo DEFINITELY had both💪💪👿😎😎
True, Olmos was a major part of the shows success. It wouldn't have been great w/o him. David Wharton, have you watched Olmos' Archive of American Television interview? It's up in full on youtube, very insightful. It's about his whole career, but he details a bit about how he negotiated his way into the role and how he came up with some of the personality of "Castillo", among other MV details. Great interview.
"Don't ever come up to my face like this again, detective". What a BOSS who reminded Tubbs in no uncertain terms his place as a 'detective' who still has a lot to learn..
@@jeffreybanks0519 I read that Eddie Olmos ad libbed that statement, and Don Johnson saw what was going on, and without breaking character, walked PMT out of the scene. Just watch Don Johnson's eyes when Eddie Olmos delivers the line
@@lindacollins903I saw this video first then watch the segment you wrote about, and then came back here. In a word, Olmos, is gravitas. That dialogue wasn’t in the script. That’s how good he is.
@@williwombat1066 I think Don and Eddie locked horns in the beginning because they are both method actors. They don't just regurgitate words in a script. They become the character they are playing. Watch Don Johnson's face. His expressive face and eyes tell you all you need to know about the part he is playing
Castillo was not a bumbling donut chomping cop boss with a gut. He was meant to be the example to follow and learn from. This made the show so different.
What i liked about his character is that he never showed his hand. Always looked unsuspecting until you stepped up. Then he'd beat you down without breaking a sweat. Another reason MV is so cool.
I was at the MV 40th Anniversary event in Miami last week and Edward James Olmos told me this story when I had the chance to meet him. He said he and Don did not speak to each other for about a year; they did not get along in the least. But then later things loosened up between them.
That's awesome you were able to attend. I watched some of the UA-cam videos of it, along with a few local TV spots/interviews for it, Olmos was one of the interviews.
@@TylerD288 I talked to him a couple times over the weekend. He likes to meet and talk to people. A very outgoing and gentlemanly person. We talked about some of his other roles, he said he liked Castillo, but he really liked his role in Battlestar Galactica.
@@haroldk3913 that's so great, man! Good for you. There's not many actors/actresses I care to meet, but he'd be one. Yeah, he was great in Galactica. I've seen him in "American Me" and "Stand and Deliver" as well. Both are great films - American Me makes prison look like the hell hole we all think it is.
Back in the day I read once that Eddie Olmos' method for playing Castillo was: 1) Walk up to a wall until your face touched it - don't take your eyes off it. 2) Back off about 2 inches 3) Put both hands in your pockets 4) Growl the words "find them..."
I was trying to dress like crockett and tubbs. With what ever baggy rural kid clothes I had. Slick the hair back too. My dad would act like Castillo. At the supper table. Mom hated it.
We had a party every week in college for MV. What an amazing show. Little did we know back then that the CIA was the biggest drug importer, not the cartels.
Maybe, but I heard Johnson in an interview years ago say that working with Olmos was maddening. Johnson would work and work to get a scene just right, then Olmos would silently raise an eyebrow and nobody new anybody else was on screen. He said Olmos was just that good.
I love Castillo and his smooth-talking his action you did not mess with that man.! Wherever he was he commanded that room if there was 10 people in it or two people in it he showed control he knew everything and you had better listen up the first time because he was not going to repeat it the second time. What a great actor
i didnt watch miami vice much because it conflicted with another show i was watching but the one episode with the song Air Tonight. that one scene of them in the car queit with crockett driving, man that was a great tense scene
Olmos is the Boss.. What he did a Castillo was brilliant. Crocket and Tubbs didn't know what he was going to do and I think they were a little scared of him.. Johnson pissed him off and he used it for the show.. Just incredible. The show wouldn't be the same without him doing that. The tension between them was so good. I wonder if Johnson ever apologized.. I'm guessing not. At the same time, without their issue, and their personality traits, the show wouldn't have been this good.
I read somewhere that this was off script and the tension was real. That is a look of genuine surprise from Don Johnson and he went with it. This made the show even more popular and the producers knew it.
Castillo was such a badass on the show. A no nonsense, calm type that commanded respect and made sure his squad got the job done. I loved the episode that focused on him. He came off like a samurai
I have to admit, I always wondered why Lt. Castillo had a nasty attitude towards Crockett and tubbs. I watched Miami Vice when it was airing in the 80s. Who would've thought, that there was real tension between the actors, that made it work great. This is great.
It was an interesting dynamic that created an intriguing tension between Castillo and the other characters. It was a sharp contrast to the casual and fraternal relationship that Crockett enjoyed with Rodriguez.
i had the pleasure of speaking to him in miami at the time,,,he was very personable ,,very nice man but he seemed to be in character ,,style at the time,,,,i never enjoyed him in later roles,
Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas may have been the so-called "stars" of the show, but Mister Olmos was THE ACTOR who stole every scene he was in. American Me, Battlestar Galactica, Stand And Deliver, Selena, et cetera....Edward James Olmos is one of the very few actors who will make me watch a movie just because they are in it.
As a kid I remember Castillo saying his lines while looking out a window or staring at anything but who he was talking to...pretty cool and different for the time...didn't work to well when I tried it on my mom though.
Back around 2002/2003. I was working @ the Hollywood Highland Mall. While coming out of the stock room and I entered the sales floor. Mr Olmos was sitting on a chair. As im walking by, I stoped, said hi and I shook his hand. The interaction lasted about 10 seconds.
That’s one thing man that I could just never get behind this guy on, is that he walked onto the Miami Vice set and started acting like he owned it. Started telling the set decorators what to do, the director and producers, Don Johnson, etc. Some people may praise his role in the series but we all know who the two stars were. Arrogance does not reflect intelligence, nor strength.
He also demanded creative control for his character, which never sets right with me. Creative input? Sure. But wanting to make your character out to be the way you want it to, storylines and all, inhibits the writers hired to make the series and they have to restructure everything around an actor’s arrogance 🤢
It seems that Edward James Olmos comes around every two decades or so, stars in the greatest television show ever, and then leaves again. Since Battlestar Galactica was 2003-2009 he should be about due again.
I have to go back and watch this show. I was a very small child when they came out. Thought it was pretty smooth and cool but didn't really get it at the time, being a little kid and all. Edward James Olmos is one of those actors that just wasn't given his props.
When Castillo came on the show, first thought was he would be working with the cartel or who ever was bad at that time on there. Took the aggressor position against Crocket and Tubbs and I could feel for the characters and loving the show I thought this is going to throttle Crocket so much it would ruin the show. Then some one came to him complaining about Crocket and he stood by his guys, a moment that really blew me away and I absolutely loved his character after that point.
I always wondered why Castillo wasn’t a bigger part of the 2006 Miami Vice reboot. The version of Castillo given to Barry Shabaka Henley seemed incidental, more like the original Lt. Rodriguez who was killed off after a few episodes of the TV series. IMO Wes Studi playing Castillo with the series’ same standoff intensity and mysterious backstory would have been a much better choice. Perhaps something similar to Lt. Rodriguez’s assassination and replacement was tabled for a possible sequel?
First Rico jumps outta his skin from the 'meet & greet' with Elvis, now Castillo snaps a chomp out of the atmosphere, standing Tubb's whiskers on their edgy edge. The 'charm' factory aka that Sunshine State's welcome committee isn't exactly rolling out the carpet for the surviving brother of Rafael. I coulda swore he left the Zoo back in the Bronx, Nu Yawk. Where is the love?
If you weren't around at the time, this show was just phenomenal...it was cool...the music, clothes, shootouts, locations....just brilliant. Castillo scared the crap out of me with his acting. Bloody great times
Well, you somehow failed to list the best aspect of the show: the writing.
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Yes....of course..some of the stories were heartbreaking..i am 62 !!
Every single episode was a movie.
I was more A-team growing up, I binged it when it came to streaming.
We had Miami Vice watch parties whenever it came on. Seems like it was Friday night.
When I was in Highschool, everything stopped for Miami Vice.
Facts
Same here.
@@Kyle-sr6jm we had our priorities
@@Kyle-sr6jm I watched every episode on NBC, then watched every episode again on USA Channel.
Even when they moved it to Friday Nights and I had a date as a 26yo, I told her I couldn't make it on Friday, need to move it to Saturday. lol
Edward James Olmos is Method. He was building his character. Brilliant.
Especially building his past when he was US special forces. The episode "Bushido" was Castillo at his maximum badassery.
EJO, one of my favorites. He's always great!
@edgardeese He is amazing in Stand And Deliver and Selena.
Yeah - we know, we also watched the clip.
Hilarious to watch DJ phone it in now and play the same character over and over again.
Castillo's office was bare bones. A desk and a phone. Like a boss.
Castillo ... Cold as ice.
I always loved the swagger and attitude of Castillo, it gave the show and fellow relationship a whole new feel. There’s tough and then there’s pride, Castillo DEFINITELY had both💪💪👿😎😎
Agreed. His presence was palpable. Nothing wasted. Pure Zen.
True, Olmos was a major part of the shows success. It wouldn't have been great w/o him. David Wharton, have you watched Olmos' Archive of American Television interview? It's up in full on youtube, very insightful. It's about his whole career, but he details a bit about how he negotiated his way into the role and how he came up with some of the personality of "Castillo", among other MV details. Great interview.
@@TylerD288i need to watch that then. Thanks!
His Castillo was such a badass, he didn't have to let you know- he just was.
"Don't ever come up to my face like this again, detective". What a BOSS who reminded Tubbs in no uncertain terms his place as a 'detective' who still has a lot to learn..
@@jeffreybanks0519 I read that Eddie Olmos ad libbed that statement, and Don Johnson saw what was going on, and without breaking character, walked PMT out of the scene. Just watch Don Johnson's eyes when Eddie Olmos delivers the line
@@lindacollins903Castillo would wreck Tubbs. But in real life, PMT squashes EJO like a bug.
Remember watching that scene with my friends in college on TV. All of us were blown away!
@@lindacollins903I saw this video first then watch the segment you wrote about, and then came back here. In a word, Olmos, is gravitas. That dialogue wasn’t in the script. That’s how good he is.
@@williwombat1066 I think Don and Eddie locked horns in the beginning because they are both method actors. They don't just regurgitate words in a script. They become the character they are playing. Watch Don Johnson's face. His expressive face and eyes tell you all you need to know about the part he is playing
It was excellent casting. Don's hot tempered Crockett to EJO's cold-blooded Castille. And man did Johnson need someone to step on him sometimes.
Castillo is by far the most interesting complex character in the series..perfect casting
Castillo was not a bumbling donut chomping cop boss with a gut. He was meant to be the example to follow and learn from. This made the show so different.
@@fredderf3152 Yes
unlike the movie
@@richardsmith2684 The guy portraying Costello in the movie came NO where near them level what is portrayed in the T.V. series.
YES
Castillo: UNDER-rated. Fantastic character
What i liked about his character is that he never showed his hand. Always looked unsuspecting until you stepped up. Then he'd beat you down without breaking a sweat.
Another reason MV is so cool.
The episode that focused on him was amazing.
I was at the MV 40th Anniversary event in Miami last week and Edward James Olmos told me this story when I had the chance to meet him. He said he and Don did not speak to each other for about a year; they did not get along in the least. But then later things loosened up between them.
That's awesome you were able to attend. I watched some of the UA-cam videos of it, along with a few local TV spots/interviews for it, Olmos was one of the interviews.
@@TylerD288 I talked to him a couple times over the weekend. He likes to meet and talk to people. A very outgoing and gentlemanly person. We talked about some of his other roles, he said he liked Castillo, but he really liked his role in Battlestar Galactica.
@@haroldk3913 that's so great, man! Good for you. There's not many actors/actresses I care to meet, but he'd be one. Yeah, he was great in Galactica. I've seen him in "American Me" and "Stand and Deliver" as well. Both are great films - American Me makes prison look like the hell hole we all think it is.
@@haroldk3913 I give you credit for going
Hey Buddy, did you attend the exhibition as well, where they had the guns, badges, etc?
Back in the day I read once that Eddie Olmos' method for playing Castillo was: 1) Walk up to a wall until your face touched it - don't take your eyes off it. 2) Back off about 2 inches 3) Put both hands in your pockets 4) Growl the words "find them..."
As a kid I would mimic the Castillo character way more than Crockett and Tubbs.
I was trying to dress like crockett and tubbs. With what ever baggy rural kid clothes I had.
Slick the hair back too. My dad would act like Castillo. At the supper table. Mom hated it.
I remember not being able to figure out if he was a hero or villain. I noticed that he didn't look at them. It is fantastic to learn this story.
Edward James Olmos is a bad ass "MF" Look how cool he is.
gotta love an actor who remains in character even in interviews
We had a party every week in college for MV. What an amazing show. Little did we know back then that the CIA was the biggest drug importer, not the cartels.
This is great, gold for any Vice fan. Thank you for this video 🌴
One of my favorite episodes was all about Castillo taking dudes down with a samurai sword, doing ninja stuff, paired with an old buddy.
That episode was called Bushido. Great episode.
He couldn’t have played the role any better. I don’t think anyone could have. Absolutely brilliant acting. I also loved him in the BSG reboot
Also surprised to see him in Dexter not long ago as I still have a few seasons to finish.
Such a pro. He knew exactly how to play the character. And he knew exactly how to handle DJ (who was a diva, by all accounts).
Maybe, but I heard Johnson in an interview years ago say that working with Olmos was maddening. Johnson would work and work to get a scene just right, then Olmos would silently raise an eyebrow and nobody new anybody else was on screen. He said Olmos was just that good.
Charles Bronson by way of Havana. 😂
Accurate 😂
Carlos Bronson
This was one of the coolest looking cop shows ever, back in the day. Great to hear about the behind the scenes action.
Just magnificent. I need to watch the entire series again. I saw it when it aired, but it's been ages.
I love Castillo and his smooth-talking his action you did not mess with that man.! Wherever he was he commanded that room if there was 10 people in it or two people in it he showed control he knew everything and you had better listen up the first time because he was not going to repeat it the second time. What a great actor
Edward James Olmos and the supporting actors 👏 deserve a lot more praise for anchoring ⚓ all that style with reality❤
Watched the entire series again last year. Gets better with age as a time capsule of the 80's and the cop genre.
Castillo was AWESOME, that episode with his sword, BADASS......
i didnt watch miami vice much because it conflicted with another show i was watching but the one episode with the song Air Tonight. that one scene of them in the car queit with crockett driving, man that was a great tense scene
He was absolutely right. Nothing about Lt Castillo would even remotely be OK with a "relaxed, open door policy", lol.
spoke to him in miami 89,,,very great actor
Show was and is awesome!
Lieutenant Martin “You’re off the case” Castillo.
Olmos is the Boss.. What he did a Castillo was brilliant. Crocket and Tubbs didn't know what he was going to do and I think they were a little scared of him.. Johnson pissed him off and he used it for the show.. Just incredible. The show wouldn't be the same without him doing that. The tension between them was so good. I wonder if Johnson ever apologized.. I'm guessing not. At the same time, without their issue, and their personality traits, the show wouldn't have been this good.
For some reason YT started feeding me Miami Vice video suggestions, and now I feel like watching the entire series beginning with season 1.
I loved EJO as Castillo. By far my favorite character in the series.
"Don't ever come up to my face again like this... detective."
Olmos is so good, for a second there I thought people actually talked like that.
People had balls back then.
I read somewhere that this was off script and the tension was real. That is a look of genuine surprise from Don Johnson and he went with it. This made the show even more popular and the producers knew it.
Cool show. Great performances, great setting, great writing. For awhile it was one of the very best TV dramas.
I loved his character all through that series. Right from the first episode he was in. Classic
Olmos was one of the best parts of that show hands down
THE BOSS!! NICE JOB ❤ GREAT SHOW IT HAD IT ALL MISSING THE 80'S IN SO MANY WAYS!!
Best police show, that change the world.
I disagree. I respect your beliefs but I see your comment as exaggerated.
I know my wife at the time and I sure looked forward to Friday evenings for each new episode. It was definitely a good show back in the 80s.
He was a scary Boss 😂. I remember his eyes were scary when he suspended Crockett on a case in the episode titled Buddies"
I think what made his portrayal of Castillo great is that it very easily could've veered into parody and it just didn't.
Castillo was such a badass on the show. A no nonsense, calm type that commanded respect and made sure his squad got the job done. I loved the episode that focused on him. He came off like a samurai
I have to admit, I always wondered why Lt. Castillo had a nasty attitude towards Crockett and tubbs.
I watched Miami Vice when it was airing in the 80s.
Who would've thought, that there was real tension between the actors, that made it work great.
This is great.
Castillo was the man!, every one wanted to be Crockett, God how I loved this show!, best show EVER!
That was one of my favorite scene and the music on the scene was amazing.
Thanks for the Upload of a Classic 80s show.
best show ever
Ed Olmos is a living legend. He was Gaff in Blade Runner, Castillo in Miami Vice and Adama in Battlestar Galactica. His second name should be Badass.
It was an interesting dynamic that created an intriguing tension between Castillo and the other characters. It was a sharp contrast to the casual and fraternal relationship that Crockett enjoyed with Rodriguez.
OCB Organized Crime Bureau, I wish I was in there
Looking forward to watching the whole series again on dvd.
The boss... The only one..
Who me?
@@TylerD288🥱
i had the pleasure of speaking to him in miami at the time,,,he was very personable ,,very nice man but he seemed to be in character ,,style at the time,,,,i never enjoyed him in later roles,
This is why i loved this character and to this day, Edward James Olmos.
One of my favorite shows of all time.
THE Boss!
Every single one of them made that show,it was great cast and crew.
These 3 guys were in top physical form. No roids, no eating crap, no magic pills. Just being a man’s man.
What are you babbling on about?
@@davidmitchell6873 I think they're just sharing what kind of men they're into.
@@davidmitchell6873If you think he's just babbling, you're not paying attention.
@@Grandiose_ClaimAnd you can just straight piss off and like it trollboi.
Today it would be The Rock, Hemsworth and Evans - all roided out and overacting.
“It’s too bad she won’t live, but then again, who does”
Edward James Olmos in “Stand and Deliver”. My favorite performance by him.
Absolute badass portrayal. Loved the show
Best show ever! I miss it.
My martial arts teacher, Jeff Moldovan, was a stuntman on Miami vice. He liked both of them very much but said Don could be difficult.
Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas may have been the so-called "stars" of the show, but Mister Olmos was THE ACTOR who stole every scene he was in. American Me, Battlestar Galactica, Stand And Deliver, Selena, et cetera....Edward James Olmos is one of the very few actors who will make me watch a movie just because they are in it.
As a kid I remember Castillo saying his lines while looking out a window or staring at anything but who he was talking to...pretty cool and different for the time...didn't work to well when I tried it on my mom though.
I think Mr. Olmos did just fine.
Changing Lieutenants was the final piece to a great puzzle
Such a great show, at least the first couple of seasons
This was the best thing about the show. THE Best.
Castillo was this mysterious bad ass, his character was excellent!
Back around 2002/2003. I was working @ the Hollywood Highland Mall. While coming out of the stock room and I entered the sales floor. Mr Olmos was sitting on a chair. As im walking by, I stoped, said hi and I shook his hand. The interaction lasted about 10 seconds.
Whatever EJO appears in is outstanding … I met him a few weeks ago at MV40 and he was class act … spent 4 days with the fans all rounded nice guy …
I still watch This show and I am still a fan of EJO.
That’s one thing man that I could just never get behind this guy on, is that he walked onto the Miami Vice set and started acting like he owned it. Started telling the set decorators what to do, the director and producers, Don Johnson, etc. Some people may praise his role in the series but we all know who the two stars were. Arrogance does not reflect intelligence, nor strength.
He also demanded creative control for his character, which never sets right with me. Creative input? Sure. But wanting to make your character out to be the way you want it to, storylines and all, inhibits the writers hired to make the series and they have to restructure everything around an actor’s arrogance 🤢
@@JeNn0mic0n exactly this. ^^^ 👏🏻
He was one of the best parts of the show
Man I miss the 80's , such a great time to experience
I love reading these comments and seeing all the love for Castillo!
Brilliant and masterfully done!
So good.
It seems that Edward James Olmos comes around every two decades or so, stars in the greatest television show ever, and then leaves again. Since Battlestar Galactica was 2003-2009 he should be about due again.
It's a bit of an exaggeration from dear old Eddie here though - he did look directly at Don in their first episode several times!
😏
Great acting
I think he played it brilliantly. 👏
I have to go back and watch this show. I was a very small child when they came out. Thought it was pretty smooth and cool but didn't really get it at the time, being a little kid and all. Edward James Olmos is one of those actors that just wasn't given his props.
He played the character so malevolently I spent half the first season waiting for him to snap
The best Metro Dade Police recruitment program of all time!
When Castillo came on the show, first thought was he would be working with the cartel or who ever was bad at that time on there. Took the aggressor position against Crocket and Tubbs and I could feel for the characters and loving the show I thought this is going to throttle Crocket so much it would ruin the show. Then some one came to him complaining about Crocket and he stood by his guys, a moment that really blew me away and I absolutely loved his character after that point.
Best police brass character ever.
I always wondered why he didn't make eye contact. It was very noticable
This man was the perfect LT for this series. Rodriguez was nothing compared to him
BOSS CASTILLO was the polar cap opposite of every 1970's/80's TV and movie police captains.
@@SIKE01 Agreed and that made him stand out even more. Having a quiet introvert police captain was a brilliant move in making him stand out.
Hey, come on. How bout some respect here. Rodriguez took a bullet for Crockett..
@@dclipper8052 🤣
I remember Miami Vice. When Castillo delivered that line to Tubbs I thought he was so cool. This was a guy not to be messed with.
Castillo is the cop we wish we had in real life.
I was a teen at the time and I'm from FL. So, yeah, I was glued to this series. And yeah, I heard that Don Johnson was a primadonna... Sad.
I always wondered why Castillo wasn’t a bigger part of the 2006 Miami Vice reboot. The version of Castillo given to Barry Shabaka Henley seemed incidental, more like the original Lt. Rodriguez who was killed off after a few episodes of the TV series.
IMO Wes Studi playing Castillo with the series’ same standoff intensity and mysterious backstory would have been a much better choice.
Perhaps something similar to Lt. Rodriguez’s assassination and replacement was tabled for a possible sequel?
The older this show get, the more I enjoy Castillo, then Tubbs as a close second, then Crockett a distant third.
First Rico jumps outta his skin from the 'meet & greet' with Elvis, now Castillo snaps a chomp out of the atmosphere, standing Tubb's whiskers on their edgy edge. The 'charm' factory aka that Sunshine State's welcome committee isn't exactly rolling out the carpet for the surviving brother of Rafael. I coulda swore he left the Zoo back in the Bronx, Nu Yawk. Where is the love?