From Chris Snellgrove
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Even in the 90s, most genre fans of the crossover were aware in between The X files And Twin Peaks. After all, David Duchovny continued to appear Twin Peaks in his first major role. The X files Star also came back for Twin Peaks: The returnBut what most fans of both franchises do not recognize is that these connections go much Deeper than Duchovny. Indeed a full nine Actors appeared in both shows.
The X files Twin Peaks actor
Apparently, David Duchovny is the most famous X files To appear actors Twin Peaks. Duchovny appeared in David Lynch’s pioneering show as a Dea agent Denise Bryson, a role in which he would repeat himself Twin Peaks: The return. In a scene in which the actor speaks to Lynch (even a figure in the show), the other man tells the trans character (now an FBI chef), which he told the agency colleague who doubted their skills: “Repair Your hearts or die, “a sentence that has been adopted by supporters of transit rights with all my heart.
Apart from Duchovny the next largest X files Stars occur Twin Peaks was Don Davis. He played Scully’s father, a figure who died in season 1 and then appeared in season 2 visions. On on on on Twin PeaksHe played a military man (Major Briggs) and a father for Bobby, with both characters coming back (from beyond the grave in Davis) for Twin Peaks: The return.
What for others X files Actors appeared on Twin Peaks? Richard Beymer appeared as a fatal surgeon, who got involved in “Sanguinarium” with Mulder and Scully, and he performed in Lynch’s series as the owner of the Hotelbag Hotel, Benjamin Horne. To be honest, you can easily give yourself whipped -up trauma if you compare how different the two characters are, especially because Horne was often a comic relief character.
In addition, Kenneth Walsh plays a fake Preacher killer in the X files Episode “revelations” and as a malignant Windom -Eearle in Twin Peaks. Michael J. Anderson has now played a channel -like circus artist in the Awesome X files Episode “Humbug” and also played the mysterious little guy who appeared in Dale Coopers dreams in Twin Peaks. Meanwhile, Frances Bay played a resident of the nursing home X files Episode “Excelis dei” and Mrs. Tremond in both Twin Peaks And Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with me.
Some of these crossover actors had more unforgettable appearances than others. For example, Robyn Live played a woman who often appeared in hallucinations in the X files Episode “Excursion” and a Miss Twin Peaks candidate. Jan d’Arcy now played Sylvia Horne in Twin Peaks and judge can in “tooms” that X files Episode that brought back the countless stretchy monster man Eugene tooms.
However, nobody was more consistent from all crossover actors in their double roles than Michael Horse. To The X filesHe played a sheriff in a reservation in the episode “shapes”. And in Twin PeaksHe played Sheriff Truman’s deputy Hawk The return) to make him a lawyer who deals with paranormal gimmicks in two different franchise companies.
How you can assess, the connections between The X files And Twin Peaks Go deeper than David Duchovny’s appearance in every series. And with the recent death of David LynchThere has never been a better time to re -spend all of his groundbreaking television series from the start. Sometimes it can be confusing, but when it comes to struggling with the secrets of Twin PeaksRemember what Denise Bryson might have told our characters in another life: the truth is out there.
