Continuing the notes on The X-Files PhileFest panel from last September with the Mulder and Scully families: Sheila Larken (Margaret Scully), Rebecca Toolan (Teena Mulder), Pat Skipper (Bill Scully Jr), Melinda McGraw (Melissa Scully). Lots of fun and emotional moments in this one!
- Pat’s actual name is William (also his father, grandfather, nephew).
- This was recorded on Rebecca’s 80th birthday.
- Melinda knew Morgan & Wong from The Commish, they brought her over when Gillian was pregnant and they were considering replacement. She had a discussion with Carter, then they thought it wouldn’t make sense to replace a redhead with a redhead; that replacement character ended up becoming Krycek. Nick Lea was Melinda’s boyfriend when Krycek was cast, and still when he shot Melissa.
- Rebecca auditioned for the role of Maggie Scully; Bob Goodwin [producer and Sheila’s husband] was against nepotism, he wouldn’t bring Sheila in; Sheila had met David Nutter [director] years before, he was the one that brought her in.
- Rebecca read fanfic, that Teena was a bad mother; Teena is a dignified wounded woman; she didn’t seem the type for suicide, maybe she was just worn out.
- Melissa was sensitive, clairvoyant; she thought she would eventually help Mulder & Scully on cases. [audience shouts: do the spin-off!]
- Sheila didn’t discuss her scenes with Gillian, they shot directly.
- Rebecca did a lot of takes in ‘Demons’, slapping David!
- Pat jokes that it was rude they didn’t hire him in the revival, but his name was on the phone.
- Melinda makes a passionate speech about actors’ pay, AI and the writers and actors’ strikes! [the strike was going on at the time of recording]
- Lots of love for the production values and feature film-quality of the photography of TXF; actors wanted to be on that show.