Once Upon A Fan

The costume designer whose credits include the iconic series Miami Vice as well as the current fantasy drama Once Upon A Time joked that his first thought after learning he’d won the honor was, “(Sigh), am I really that old! Yes, yes I am.” The veteran received a warm introduction by Once Upon A Time stars Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas, who took the night off of filming on the ABC series to attend. His career highlights screened in a montage set to Christina Aguilera’s “Make The World Move” and included Ugly Betty, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Miami Vice, Elvis, and Bird On A Wire.

Onstage, Castro recounted his worst professional screw-ups (sending 32 military dress uniforms to a tropical island shoot; ordering $100-per-foot fabric) and early career memories of meeting luminaries like Bob Mackie. “Their dedication to the craft was very inspiring”, he said. Castro, who started out cleaning the mud off boots from Apocalypse Now, has won four Costume Designer Guild awards to date and earned a 2012 Emmy nomination for Once Upon A Time.

He also shared what he says was his earliest lesson in costuming: His mother said to him, “You know this lady Rose Weiss makes beautiful clothes” (she designed The Lawrence Welk Show, Castro clarified). “I started paying attention to who made clothes. It was all thanks to my mother.”

He became the night’s first CDG honoree to be played off the podium.

Source: Deadline

Eduardo celebrates his award with Ginny & Josh