{"id":83914,"date":"2016-01-21T09:11:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T09:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=83914"},"modified":"2016-01-21T09:11:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T09:11:23","slug":"x-files-mulder-is-not-in-a-happy-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/x-files-mulder-is-not-in-a-happy-place\/","title":{"rendered":"X Files: “Mulder is not in a happy place”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out of the many things to be excited about with the returning X-Files<\/strong><\/em> series, it’s the chance to see David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reunited as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, when it comes to the plot of the miniseries, Duchovny is eager to reveal that Mulder is in a very difficult place at the start of the first episode. \u201cIt\u2019s interesting,\u201d he reveals, speaking exclusively to SciFiNow. \u201cWe only have six episodes, so where do you start and where do you finish? I think it was smart for Chris to begin with Mulder in a place where he\u2019s just not clued in any more. That\u2019s how the show starts. Basically, he\u2019s given up. For starters, he\u2019s not shaving, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a spoiler to say that Mulder is going to be re-involved.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The smirk on Duchovny\u2019s face soon disappears when he reveals the state of the relationship between Mulder and Scully. \u201c[They\u2019re] are not together, so he\u2019s not in a really happy place. He\u2019s not emotionally engaged in his work, or with his ex-wife \u2013 or whatever Scully is. I get confused myself. I don\u2019t know if we were ever married or not. I think we were, but I don\u2019t know. A man should know these things! They\u2019ve taken everything away from him, but over these six episodes he\u2019s going to get some of it back. It\u2019s a new conspiracy, too.\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s not a continuation of the old. It\u2019s an abrupt turn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to the youthful-looking 55-year-old, it\u2019s tough to believe that Duchovny first started work as FBI agent Fox Mulder nearly 23 years ago, but it\u2019s a role that never left the acclaimed actor. \u201cIt felt pretty seamless to be Mulder again,\u201d he explains, shuffling in his director\u2019s chair. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMost of that\u2019s to do with having Gillian and Chris here. In many ways, Mulder never left me \u2013 as much as I would have wanted him to leave me. I think there was a point at which I was doing the show that I was afraid that it was going to be the only thing I was ever going to do, or that anybody was ever going to know me as. That was pretty troubling to me, but now I know it\u2019s just one of those once-in-a-lifetime roles that I\u2019m completely grateful for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The X-Files<\/em> is coming soon to Channel 5. You can download The X-Files: Complete Manual from GreatDigitalMags.com now.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Duchovny on why Mulder isn’t having the best time in the new X-Files<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":83915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[1718,7,3,207],"tags":[4522],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/XF_sc7_0459rjw_hires2-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}