"The X-Files" generated a huge and loyal fanbase during the '90s due to its supernatural storylines and monster-of-the-week cases. David Duchovny's Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson's Dana Scully became household names and a part of popular culture, and fans lamented the end of the series when it aired its last episode in 2002. But now, after 22 years, the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning series is coming back to television.
Not very much has been revealed about the show's revival which is set to premiere on FOX. However, last week, Duchovny and Anderson shared the first photos on Twitter of Mulder and Scully back in action. Filming began on June 8 in Vancouver where the two actors reunited with series creator Chris Carter and writers Glen Morgan, Darin Morgan, and James Wong for six brand new episodes.
Anderson recently spoke to TVLine about the upcoming show's season, and that she said that it took her quite a while to get used to playing Scully again. The last time she played the character was in the 2008 movie "The X-Files: I Want to Believe."
"It feels like it's been a long time since I played her," said Anderson. "I can't remember what year the movie was, but it felt like [Scully] was further away from me than I'd thought she would be. But I've also worked really hard at putting her entirely to sleep, so that was successful; she's just taken longer to wake up."
As for Scully, Anderson said that her character is older and that she's changed, but didn't offer any particulars on how the character has changed since the last time the character was on screen. But new images from the set show Scully looking very professional and put together, while Mulder appears somewhat scruffier and looks like he's living off the grid.
In an interview with E! News, Anderson revealed that she and Mulder had a child which was conceived in the episode she wrote and directed, and their son, William, is 14 now and will "show up at some point" in season 10.
"I think of it as a 13-year commercial break," said Carter in a statement when the series was announced. "The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these stories."
