FIFTEEN years after finding fame playing FBI agent Fox Mulder in TV hit The X-Files, David Duchovny is returning to the role that made him a household name.

Duchovny, who walked away from the series in 2002 after playing the iconic investigator of the paranormal for nine years, says he was surprised how challenging it was returning to the career-making role.
“I thought I would fall back into Mulder very naturally, but at first playing the character felt a little odd,” he says.

“I didn’t want to make any drastic changes in the way I played Mulder because the character is so well-known, but of course I’m older now, and so is Mulder, so some things had to change.

“I think it would have been depressing if I had to try to play him the same way I did 15 years ago when I started.

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LOS ANGELES — Some Mulder and Scully fans were dubious when the title for the new movie based on their favorite TV show was announced: “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.”

How, the skeptics wondered, could the two former FBI agents be anything but true believers after years of encountering aliens, monsters, ghosts and everything else that might go bump in the night?

But so-called X-Philes want to believe in this franchise that started way out on the fringes and eventually brought the creepy and paranormal into the mainstream. The feeling among its creators is mutual.

“We want to believe in the audience,” said David Duchovny, who reprises his role as Fox Mulder, the guy with boogeymen on the brain, co-starring with Gillian Anderson as his soul mate and doubting Thomas, science-minded Dana Scully.

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The X-Files: I Want to Believe press conference on July 19, 2008:

The X-Files: I Want to Believe press conference on July 23, 2008:

The X-Files: I Want to Believe world premiere on July 23, 2008:

David and X-Files 2 co-star Gillian Anderson sat down with multiple news organizations last week as part of The X-Files: I Want to Believe press junket. Here are a few of those interviews (with several more after the cut):

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