“I think that somebody’s experience of time is so subjective, it just seems like this has been a part of my life,” Duchovny said of having played Mulder for so long, “and 25 years sounds heavier than it feels to me.”
While making what effectively was Season 10 of “The X-Files,” Duchovny felt reasonably confident there would be the imminent Season 11, since he maintains it would take certain things for him to accept the show had ended definitively. And creator and executive producer Chris Carter likely would be the source of those.
“Unless Chris came to Gillian and me with an idea for an actual end to the show — which would preclude doing any more movies or any more television (versions) — and the three of us decided, ‘That’s fantastic, that’s really the way to end it,’ everything we do (with the franchise) naturally is going to be somewhat open-ended,” Duchovny said. “I had hoped for the last six episodes to be successful, and whether that meant we were going to do more, I didn’t know. I don’t know how truthfully we could ever end this without ‘killing’ me or Gillian.”
Cast newcomers this time include two talents who both have had earlier brushes with the supernatural on screen, Barbara Hershey and Haley Joel Osment.
“They’re both terrific actors,” Duchovny said. “I had a great time working with Barbara, and Haley obviously has been acting from very early in his life. I applaud the casting, and the ability of the writers to conceive parts that are good enough to entice that caliber of guest star.”
Source: Boston Herald
Source: Boston Herald