'X-Files: I Want to Believe': L.A. Film Festival Sneak Peek with David Duchovny and Chris Carter
By Fred Topel, Special to Hollywood.com
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Los Angeles Film Festival gave X-Files fans a long awaited sneak peak at this summer's sequel, X-Files: I Want to Believe. Entertainment Weekly hosted a screening of two clips from the film and a panel discussion with star David Duchovny, creator and director Chris Carter, and writer Frank Spotnitz.
The clips were so revealing, viewers could gather the following: Scully and Mulder are in it, they're looking for something, and they disagree about how to go about it. The panelists were equally tight-lipped about plot details, but at least one clip showed Scully bringing up Mulder's sister, so that made the crowd go wild.
Despite their best efforts they couldn't keep everything a secret, here are 10 other tidbits the panelists let slip during the presentation:
1.Scully and Mulder are All Grown Up:
"I thought that was the smart first move that Frank and Chris made was to allow time to go on in the world of The X-Files as it's gone on in the world at large," said Duchovny. "So that we wouldn't be trying to play these characters set in stone as we last saw them, or even when you look back when Gillian [Anderson] and I first played the characters in 1993. I think that's probably one of the most interesting things as an actor to try and embody is the same character as time goes by and not wanting to just be a cartoon guy who's frozen in time but actually working with changes of life or consciousness that happen to all of us with time.