The Lone Gunmen
The Hollywood Reporter, November 7-9, 1997
Tom Braidwood
ON GETTING THE JOB:
I showed up for work as an assistant director, and they had cast
two guys (as Gunmen), but they were not happy with the third guy.
The director made the comment that they needed somebody who looked
slimy - 'like Braidwood.'
ON HIS CHARACTER:
He's a shy, self-effacing guy who tries to hide behind eccentricity.
Though he first became famous on the show for his lecherous behavior
toward Scully, that has changed and turned into a friendship.
Bruce Harwood
ON THE ROLE:
When I try to explain which role I play, people don't seem to remember.
But when I say I am one of the Gunmen, they always remember.
ON THE GUNMEN:
We are the oddest recurring characters on television, no doubt about
it. I think I'm the weirdest because I'm the only one who doesn't look
counterculture.
ON THE SHOW:
It takes paranoia and makes it fun to watch. Everyone has experienced
these feelings of paranoia and The X-Files tapped into that and made
it entertaining.
Dean Haglund
ON THE GUNMEN:
The three of us are a sort of underground think tank of computer
hackers with inside information on conspiracy theories. The term used
lately is 'riot nerd.'
ON THE SHOW'S SUCCESS:
I think it's good writing, a smart premise, and it combines four or
five different things that were never brought together in quite this
way before - the occult, aliens - and it all comes together in a
really clever format.
ON FAN REACTION:
You meet the most fans at conventions and comedy clubs. I have met
some people who have been in the Gulf War and some who tell interesting
tales of bizarre occurrences of what has happened to them. Sometimes,
it's almost as bizarre as what is going on in the show.
(
geocities.com/area51/rampart) (
geocities.com/area51)