The X-Files refused to cast David Duchovny.
 Fox chairman Dana Walden told reporters that "conversations so far have only been logistical and are in very early stages", and that the series would only go forward if Carter, Anderson, and Duchovny were all on board, and that it was a matter of ensuring all of their timetables are open
 In 1993, his manager, Melanie Green, gave him the script for the pilot episode of The X-Files

