Cover of The X-Files: Fight the Future
By William Keck
The truth is out there, but after 20 years, it’s not always so easy to recall all the details. TV Guide Magazine West Coast bureau chief Michael Schneider sparked the memories of The X-Files stars David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully), along with show creator, Chris Carter, at the July 18 Comic-Con panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of Fox’s landmark sci-fi mystery series.
Duchovny and Anderson, who rarely appear at such fan events, kicked off the audience hysteria by entering the darkened stage brandishing their character’s familiar flashlights. “Thank you all for coming,” said one fan, acknowledging that the duo is not “regulars on the convention circuit. And it really means a lot that you’re here.”
Much of the audience adoration was focused on Anderson, who inspired many female fans in their careers. “A lot of women have actually come up to me and told me they’ve gone into physics because of Scully,” said Anderson — to which the routinely cheeky Duchovny kidded, “Men often come up to me and say they got into Scully because of Mulder.”
Carter confessed that Scully was “my fantasy woman: strong and smart and opinionated and resourceful, tough. All those things that I like.”
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