David Duchovny: The X-Files Interview

[Brian Damage]

April 20, 2008 -- 'X-Files' star returns to his roots as Agent Fox Mulder, but doesn't buy into 'truth is out there' mythology

So what if it's been a decade since "The X-Files: Fight the Future" graced the silver screen and six years since the hit paranormal investigation series went off the air? All that time, X-Philes have been fidgeting with excitement over the day when they'd finally see iconic FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) back in action. Now, the truth is out there. The wait is almost over.

"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" is scheduled to land on July 25, and it's destined to make a believer out of you. Fresh off the movie's four-month shoot in and around Vancouver, Duchovny, a recent Golden Globe winner for his portrayal of a cynical, oversexed writer in Showtime's "Californication," hints at what we can expect to see in the sequel, why there was such a big delay between flicks and what makes him feel like a "sissy."

What took you guys so long to make this sequel?

It seems like forever, but it's not that long for any of us who were actually making it. After 200-and-some-odd episodes, everybody was very excited to go off and find the next phase of their career, discover their life, raise their children, whatever it was. It took a couple years to get everybody back on the same page, but now here we are and we've done it.

What's with all the secrecy shrouding "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" plot?

Much like "The Sixth Sense" or some other movies that have simple, yet beautiful plot turns, there's a core idea that's much better left unsaid before the movie comes out. That's the inspiration for keeping it all secret, not that it's in the tradition of "The X-Files" or a conspiracy and all that.

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