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Nathan Fillion straddles the line between everyman and hunk \u2014 and he\u2019s built a career out of it. He\u2019s a natural in roles that require both charisma and a touch of self-awareness, whether he\u2019s solving crimes, commanding a spaceship or enforcing the law.<\/p>\n
In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends.<\/p>\n Fillion played the wisecracking mystery novelist Richard Castle in ABC\u2019s crime drama \u201cCastle\u201d and stars in ABC\u2019s \u201cThe Rookie\u201d as John Nolan, a forty-something who navigates his midlife crisis by joining the LAPD. Of course, to sci-fi fans, Fillion will always be Captain Mal Reynolds from \u201cFirefly,\u201d the short-lived but beloved space Western that has kept him a staple at comic conventions for over two decades. Though \u201cFirefly\u201d lasted just one season in 2002, its cult status has endured, cementing Fillion as a fan-favorite in the genre world.<\/p>\n Now he\u2019s stepping into an even bigger universe: the DC Universe. Fillion plays the role of the Guy Gardner \/ Green Lantern (complete with the iconic bowl cut) in James Gunn\u2019s \u201cSuperman,\u201d a highly anticipated reboot hitting theaters on today. <\/p>\n \u201cYou got to be really lucky,\u201d he says of his 30-year career. \u201cIt\u2019s just not up to you whether or not you stay relevant and popular and on TV and in movies.\u201d <\/p>\n Living close to the hills in Hollywood, Fillion\u2019s ideal Sunday involves relaxing at home, catching up with his favorite people and some late-night gaming. Here\u2019s how he\u2019d spend a perfect day in the city. <\/p>\n 7:30 a.m.: Greet my cat and make some art <\/b><\/p>\n I much prefer waking up to sunlight than an alarm. I like having open curtains so the sun comes in, I wake up and feel awake, whereas if an alarm goes off in the dark, I don\u2019t. My cat doesn\u2019t sleep in my room, but every morning when I wake up, he\u2019s at the foot of my bed. This is Bowie. I named him Bowie because he has heterochromia: one blue eye, one gold. He\u2019s massive, 25 pounds, a Norwegian Forest Cat and Turkish Angora. He\u2019s great about not waking me up, which I appreciate. Then he follows me around while I make my coffee \u2014 creamy and sweet, like my cat. I\u2019ll sit in my kitchen \u2014 I\u2019ve got nothing but birds chirping and the sun\u2019s coming in \u2014 doodling for hours if I\u2019m allowed. I say \u201cdoodle\u201d instead of \u201cdraw\u201d because my work is abstract, just black ink on paper, but only with the right pen, ink and paper. It\u2019s an ASMR thing.<\/p>\n 9 a.m.: Eggs benny at Sweet Butter<\/b><\/p>\n I love eggs for breakfast. I will do a classic scramble and toast with a little bacon or some sausages. But if I really want to be treating myself, it\u2019s eggs Benedict. There\u2019s a place called Sweet Butter<\/b><\/a> down on Ventura Boulevard, and they do a real nice eggs benny.<\/p>\n 10 a.m.: A hike with a view (and a rainy day contingency plan)<\/b><\/p>\n After breakfast? A hike. I live close to the hills in Hollywood. You\u2019re up there, you\u2019re in nature, you\u2019re seeing animals, you\u2019re seeing the birds. You\u2019re just out there, looking out over the city. It\u2019s better for your body to move a little bit after you\u2019ve got some food. If it\u2019s a rainy day, all bets are off. You\u2019ll find me at the IPIC Theaters<\/b><\/a> because of their luxurious seats and their incredible food, seeing a matinee.<\/p>\n 12 p.m.: Nothing beats a backyard hang<\/b><\/p>\n I love having friends over. I\u2019ve got a really beautiful backyard. I just had some friends over and their three-year-old twins. We threw them in the pool, and we made pork ribs. We had an incredible salad with some roasted tomatoes. We made corn on the cob. It was perfect weather. We found some shade, and we just sat there for hours and ate and laughed. And that\u2019s a fantastic way to spend a Sunday, with people that you don\u2019t get to see very often. Los Angeles is a beautiful city, but it\u2019s rather spread out and gathering can be a little bit difficult. So when people make the time, it\u2019s really nice.<\/p>\n 4 p.m.: Channel my inner Marie Kondo<\/b><\/p>\n My house has too much clutter, so lately I\u2019ve been trying to pick out a room or a closet or a drawer, and I\u2019m organizing everything and getting rid of anything I don\u2019t use or don\u2019t like. Just trying to declutter the house \u2014 that\u2019s something I\u2019ve been engaging in in the last month. Do I enjoy it? I don\u2019t enjoy the process. I do enjoy the results. And also just the inventory, knowing what you have. Oh, I\u2019ve got these. I don\u2019t need to buy any more of these. I got five of them in the back here.<\/p>\n 6 p.m.: Sushi and streaming<\/b><\/p>\n Sunday nights are for ordering in. There\u2019s a pho place, a ramen place and Iroha Sushi<\/b><\/a>, my favorite sushi in the city. And LALA\u2019s Argentine Grill<\/b><\/a>. And [Sunday nights are also] for binging television. And right now we just finished binging \u201cFrom.\u201d [Editor\u2019s note: Fillion is notoriously private and didn\u2019t state who \u201cwe\u201d is.] Super scary, and we love being judgmental of the parenting done by the one couple that have their kids there with them. They really let their kids run around unsupervised in this horror town. Also \u201cInvincible\u201d and \u201cLandman.\u201d We\u2019re making our way through those.<\/p>\n 9 p.m.: Answer the \u201cCall of Duty\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n In the very late evening, I have a group of about 25 guys who have been playing Xbox Live together for about 20 years. We do \u201cDestiny 2,\u201d \u201cHalo\u201d and \u201cCall of Duty.\u201d Some different games get sprinkled in now and again, but it\u2019s mostly just those top three. There\u2019s a text thread, and you\u2019ll just say, \u201cHey, I\u2019m jumping on for about an hour.\u201d Or sometimes we\u2019ll play late into the evenings, and we catch up, we laugh, we chat and maybe twice a year, we gather. I say, \u201cThis is my last game because I\u2019m getting tired,\u201d and I just roll into bed and wait for the next Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nathan Fillion straddles the line between everyman and hunk \u2014 and he\u2019s built a career out of it.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[8811,41589,1582,276,23930,2451,4219,41590,41587,17822,14107,2961,224,5337,36735,17820,27537,34445,24001,41588],"class_list":{"0":"post-56744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-abc","9":"tag-black-ink","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-cat","13":"tag-city","14":"tag-crime","15":"tag-egg-benny","16":"tag-favorite-people","17":"tag-good-sunday","18":"tag-hollywood","19":"tag-la","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-losangeles","22":"tag-nathan-fillion","23":"tag-p-m","24":"tag-paper","25":"tag-role","26":"tag-sushi","27":"tag-sweet-butter"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114834419565461995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} <\/a> <\/p>\n
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