October 10, 2000
No Star
Wars For X-Files Star
Most actors would give their eyeteeth to be part of
the Star Wars series, but
not David Duchovny.
The X-Files
star let it slip during a French Internet
chat last week that he’d been
approached by Lucas to
take a part in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode
III.
“I’m a fan of Star Wars,” he said, according to
Empire Online, “but I’m not sure of having the time to act in it.
I’ve
got tons of projects in production
after the X-Files series.”
One of those projects is, coincidentally enough,
another sci-fi flick.
Duchovny’s confirmed that he’ll star
in the alien-hunting comedy "Evolution"
for DreamWorks.
“I play a professor who is charged
with saving the
world from aggressive aliens,” he said during the same
chat
session. He explained that the role of an alien hunter
is not just a Fox Mulder
variation, but a chance to “transition
away from the X-Files towards
other roles.”
He also took the time to quash the idea that he might
return to TV in another series at some point, saying, “I think it will be
difficult to do another series since people will always remember my work in
The X-Files.
I think it’s the best time to turn the page and do
something
else.”
But then again, he’s also said in the past that he was done with
The X-Files for good.
He’s half-right: He appears in only half of this
season’s episodes.
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