The X-Files reboot premiere to be ‘slow,’ ‘intense’ and ‘functional’ says Agent Scully

When The X-Files was announced to be returning to FOX next year with Dvcid Duchovny and Gillian Anderson each reprising their roles as Agent Mulder and Agent Scully, fans of the series were overjoyed. We haven't heard much of the reboots season premiere since David Duchovny revealed that the script had brought tears to his eyes, but Gillian Anderson has revealed a bit more about the season premiere.

Anderson has only read the first two scripts, but describes the season premiere as, "Slow. Intense. And it's setting groundwork, so it's got a particular role to play. It does exactly what it needs to do. What's a single word for fulfilling that requirement? Functional? Appropriate? Functional works. Slow, intense and functional.”

Functional is an interesting way of describing the show, it seems like an Agent Scully way of describing the show. Anderson has had a hard time getting back into character, saying that Scully was a distant memory to the person that she is now.

“[It’s] strange to be back here. This is a lot of flashbacks, a lot of deja vu, a lot of remembering dynamics – and it's… a thicker substance to wade through than I'd thought… It feels like it's been a long time since I've played her. I can't remember what year the movie was, but it felt like [Scully] was further away from me than I'd thought she would be. But I've also worked really hard at putting her entirely to sleep, so that was successful; she's just taken longer to wake up.”

The X-Files returns to Fox on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016

[TV Line]