More notes from The X-Files PhileFest panels from last September, today featuring Chris Owens (CO; Jeffrey Spender, young Cigarette-Smoking Man, the Great Mutato in Post-Modern Prometheus), Brendan Beiser (BB; Agent Pendrell). Lots of laughs with these two Canadians! Here are just the XF-related bits of info:

– BB: the running joke was that BB would ask GA to be her company for awards ceremonies. When Pendrell was shot, GA sent BB a card saying she would like to be his company to an award.

– BB: returning on set just to shoot his hairy chest for when Pendrell was shot in “Max”.

– CO: casting for “Post-Modern Prometheus”, CC told him “think Elephant Man, think dignity”. When he was cast as young CSM and William B Davis (WBD) met him, he told CO “too short”. WBD sent him one of his books, with the dedication “to Chris, sorry I shot you”.

– BB: had heard of alternative scenes where Pendrell was recovering in the hospital, or a funeral scene.

– CO: CC told him he was going to be a series regular in a Vancouver bar. That was for his s6 appearances, he had a contract for ‘series regular’ and was a Canadian in LA [however he ended up appearing in just 5 episodes].

– CO: shooting “Triangle”: the German language coach left him his lines on his answering machine for him to learn. He didn’t know when WBD’s lines in German were finished or not but he didn’t want to mess the shot. DD gave him and his wife his nice cabin at the Queen Mary to spend the night.

– CO: worst memory of shooting: a full day without preparation with just him telling technobabble in front of a green screen for “The Expanse”. [Despite this — I noted this only to tell you, reader, to watch “The Expanse”!]

– BB: TXF was his first role, he was working in a restaurant when he started, customers started recognizing them in the Saturday mornings (the night after episodes aired).