Did playing a government researcher opposite a sexy redhead in a movie about aliens give you dj vu?
Well, now that you put it that way, sure. But when I decided to do the movie, Julianne [Moore] wasn’t cast. When Julianne was cast, I was told she was going to be blond in it and that was probably a good idea. Then she stayed a redhead. Do you worry you’ve been typecast in sci-fi because of The X-Files? I don’t think X-Files put me in a box. In any business, you are either getting out from under a success or a failure and I’d rather get out from under the success of something like The X-Files. I’ve only been out of TV three weeks, because I did 12 episodes this season. So, how’d this happen? I wanted to do a different type of performance. Return to Me was light romantic comedy and I wanted a higher intensity, goofier, younger performance. I wanted to be tested, I was afraid to do it, and that’s why I wanted to do it. I got home to read the script and said, “Fuck, man, it’s aliens! I can’t believe it.” But that didn’t stop you. For a moment, I stopped, but I reasoned, “I want to work wi
