Nathan Fillion (Mal Reynolds) is starring in Castle, Morena Baccarin (Inara) on V, Adam Baldwin (Jayne) on Chuck.

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Last week, Fillion, who now stars in ABC's "Castle, " told Entertainment Weekly he'd love to play Mal again.

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Fillion was talking about the series after the Science Channel announced they'd be airing reruns of the original series.

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Just days after an apparently offhand comment from Nathan Fillion, who played Capt.

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That was more than enough for fans (whose "Browncoat" nickname, by the way, comes from the Western-style dusters worn by Fillion and others on the show).

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Let's just hope Nathan Fillion gets there before Ashton Kutcher.

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They say they "won't take a penny" from anyone until someone like Whedon or Fillion gets involved in an effort to revive the show and would look to set up a not-for-profit foundation or something of the sort if that happens.

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They acknowledged that the odds that Fillion was serious about buying the show's rights are "pretty low, " but hope the community's willingness to support some sort of revamped "Firefly" will encourage creator Joss Whedon or someone else with the proper clout to make a move.

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Using Firefly again as an example, the biggest impediment stopping that show from returning in some form is the fact that many of its lead actors are starring in their own popular projects right now, Nathan Fillion in Castle, Morena Baccarin in Homeland, and so on.

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