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Newsday (the Long Island paper) has a section called "Kidsday" which is written and reported by local kids: Talking with Nicholas Lea [photo of NL w/ Kidsday reporters Kathryn Hutter, Lukasz Zakrzewski and Diana DeSiena from Holy Child Jesus School in Richmond Hill] We interviewed actor Nicholas Lea who plays the dastardly Agent Alex Krycek on TXF TV show during TXF Expo at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan recently. Before his acting career began at age 25, he was the lead singer for a band called Beau Monde. He was born on June 22, 1962 in British Columbia, Canada. Q: Has TXF changed you as a person? A: It's changed my perspective on things. Speaking at TXF Expo in front of almost 4,000 screaming people, changes you a little bit. I guess it really hasn't changed me, it has just broadened my horizons to be a better actor. Q: How did you get into acting? A: I've wanted to do acting since I was a little kid, but I never really got around to it until I was 25. A friend of mine met an acting coach, then I met her, and I quit my job the very next morning to begin studying to be an actor. Q: Do you really believe in aliens? A: That's a tough one to answer. There's been nothing to prove that there are aliens out there, but there's a romantic side to me that believes there's something going on out there. I read a statistic that said there are more planets in the galaxy than there are grains of sand in all the beaches in California. If you think about that, it's almost hard not to comprehend that somewhere there's something going on. I think people like to believe there are aliens, but that doesn't mean that there are. Q: Who did you idolize while growing up? A: I idolized movie actors, some of them you would never know. I also played a lot of sports, and some of my teachers were really important to me. When I was in high school, I did an outdoor camping program in Vancouver, Canada. I learned about the environment and wildlife, and the guys who taught that were really cool. Q: What advice would you give to wannabe actors? A: Have fun with it. It's very important to study. It's important not to take no for an answer. For every 20 auditions, you'll get 19 doors closed on you. It's important to persevere. Don't let anything stop you; just keep on going. And believe in yourself. When I first started, I had a problem thinking, 'Could I really work in Hollywood?' I still have a little bit of that going on in my head, but I deal with it. It's important to have a strong self-image and to be confident in yourself. Write to him c/o The X Files c/o Fox Publicity, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90213-0900 ******* Talking with Dean Haglund (same interviewers) We interviewed comedian/actor Dean Haglund who plays Ringo Langly, one of the three Lone Gunmen, on TXF, at TXF Expo at the Jacob Javits Center recently. Besides acting, for the past nine years he has performed comedy acts, including an XF inspired act in Vancouver, Canada, where the show was originally filmed before it moved to Los Angeles. Q: Who is your role model? A: Robin Williams. I really like him in Mork & Mindy, a TV series from the 1970s. If you see the reruns, it's hilarious. About a year ago he was shooting a movie in Vancouver (where TXF was filmed) and he joined me onstage and I improvised with him for about three minutes. Q: What was your favorite TXF episode? A: There are so many. I liked the black and white Frankenstein episode and the circus freaks episode. Q: Do you really believe in aliens? A: It is silly to think we are the only ones in a universe so large, you know the mathematical probability that anyone else is out there is so huge. I think they're out there, but are they coming down and trying to take over the planet? No, I don't think so. Q: Has being on a hit TV show changed you as a person? A: No, I don't think so. It's just been so much fun. I'm not on every episode, so I can keep my regular life. Q: How did you get into acting? A: I was a child actor; I started acting when I was about 10 doing school plays and community theater and taking acting lessons. When I was old enough to get into bars, I began doing stand-up comedy to pay for my acting classes, and I never stopped. Q: Do you think TXF show has had anything to do with the current alien craze in this country? A: I think there already was a lot of interest, and Chris Carter (show's creator, executive producer and director) said, "Hey, everybody's interested in aliens, I think I'll put that in my show." Q: Where do you see yourself in the future? A: I want to have a nice dog, sit on the porch and watch the sunset. Right now I have a lot of movie offers. I draw cartoons as well, and I'm doing a comic book about the last day on TXF set in Vancouver before we moved to LA. And I'll be a voice in Robocop, the animated series that comes out in September. [same address given as above] [photo of DH with the reporters] [photo of M&S] X Files Trivia 1. Name the above TXF stars real names and the characters they play. 2. What does the word XF mean on the TV show? Answers: 1. David Duchovny (Agent Fox Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Agent Dana Scully) 2. FBI agents team up to investigate a series of unexplained and unsolved cases called X Files