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Chuy Castillos is a main character in the 1992 NBC sitcom The Golden Palace. One of two staff members retained after Blanche Devereaux purchased The Golden Palace Hotel, Chuy is the hotel's chef. He nearly quits after quarreling with Sophia Petrillo over Italian and Mexican food, but comes back and remains with the staff for the rest of the series run. He is the co-chef along with Sophia.
Chuy appeared in all twenty-four episodes of The Golden Palace. He is portrayed by Cheech Marin.
Personality and Characteristics[]
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Biography[]
Background[]
Chuy was married for a time, but he found out through a graffiti message that his wife was cheating on him and they divorced.[1]
At some point in his life, Chuy was employed at The Golden Palace Hotel as its chef, specializing in Mexican food. Before the hotel was purchased by Blanche Devereaux and her roommates, the previous owners fired much of the staff to make the hotel appear profitable, and the hotel had no money to hire new employees.
The Golden Palace[]
Chuy and Sophia
When Blanche Devereaux purchases the hotel, Chuy is one of only two staff members retained by the previous ownership. Chuy wants to continue serving Mexican food at the hotel, while Blanche's roommate Sophia wants to start serving Italian food instead. Chuy quits in frustration, but later asks for his job back, and he and Sophia agree to work together.
In the episode "Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye", when Blanche finds that Rose's boyfriend, Miles Webber's name is in the hotel guest list, and then suspects he has been cheating on her. When Rose talks about it with Chuy, he tells her how he found out that his ex-wife had been cheating; when Blanche asks "How?", he responds "by graffiti!"
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Career[]
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Appearances[]
The Golden Palace (1992-1993)[]
| Season 1 | |||||
| 1. "The Golden Palace": | Appears | 13. "Rose and Fern": | Appears | ||
| 2. "Promotional Considerations": | Appears | 14. "Runaways": | Appears | ||
| 3. "Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye": | Appears | 15."Heartbreak Hotel": | Appears | ||
| 4. "One Old Lady to Go": | Appears | 16. "Señor Stinky Learns Absolutely Nothing About Life": | Appears | ||
| 5. "Ebbtide for the Defense: | Appears | 17. "Say Goodbye, Rose": | Appears | ||
| 6. "Can't Stand Losing You": | Appears | 18. "You've Lost That Livin' Feeling": | Appears | ||
| 7. "Seems Like Old Times (Part 1)": | Appears | 19. "The Chicken and the Egg": | Appears | ||
| 8. "Seems Like Old Times (Part 2)": | Appears | 20. "A New Leash on Life": | Appears | ||
| 9. "Just a Gigolo": | Appears | 21. "Pros and Concierge": | Appears | ||
| 10. "Marriage on the Rocks, with a Twist": | Appears | 22. "Tad": | Appears | ||
| 11. "Camp Town Races Aren't Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be": | Appears | 23. "One Angry Stan": | Appears | ||
| 12. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot (Less) Like Christmas": | Appears | 24. "Sex, Lies and Tortillas": | Appears | ||
Casting and Development[]
British comedian Alexei Sayle was originally hired to play the hotel's chef, who initially was to be portrayed as Eastern European.[47][48] Sayle was replaced by Cheech Marin before the pilot was shot. The idea of having a Latino chef as a comic foil to the rest of the cast had originally been proposed at the beginning of The Golden Girls; the original chef, Coco (portrayed by Charles Levin), appeared in the first episode of The Golden Girls but was written out due to concerns about how to work him into later scripts with a cast of four women with strong personalities.
With Arthur gone and the core group down to three, the concept was revived. Marin had wanted to branch out into television and away from being typecast as a Los Angeles stoner, and had previously worked on a film project with Witt. Marin was promised a spin-off series for his character in the event that The Golden Palace were successful. The Golden Palace marked Marin's and Don Cheadle's first starring roles in a television series. According to Cheadle, the director of photography had trouble with him and White in shared scenes due to their heavily contrasted complexions; White's hair and makeup had to be altered to reduce the contrast, ensuring Cheadle was properly lit.
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References[]
- ↑ The Golden Palace, Season 1, Episode 3, “Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye”. Cherry, Marc and Wooten, Jamie (writers) & Beyt, Peter D. (director) (October 2nd, 1992)