Duchovny keen on 'X-Files' humour

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David Duchovny has admitted that he disagreed with Chris Carter over humour in The X-Files.

The actor, who plays Fox Mulder, revealed that he frequently discussed the matter with show creator Carter when they worked together in the 90s. They also aired their differences during filming for the new X-Files movie, I Want To Believe.

"Chris and I always battled over that," Duchovny explained. "In the series it got in more and more for both of us as we went on and did what we thought of as the funny episodes and we both enjoyed doing those because they were like vacations.

"But in terms of me coming up with stuff in the moment, usually Chris doesn't like that because he has a different theory about the tension than I do. He really feels like it lets the air out of things and he doesn't like to do that. I feel like I like to let the air out. So that's just a difference of opinion that we have."

I Want To Believe makes its UK cinema debut this week.