«The X-Files» have many amazing qualities that have captured the hearts of countless fans around the world. These include lovable protagonists, terrifying monsters, and a central mystery that fans have been trying to solve. for decades . However, the series lacked large-scale fights. Unlike other series of this genre , Star Trek: Voyager« , where Seven of Nine fought Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, in The X-Files« There weren't many violent fights. After all, our heroes were FBI agents: if they couldn't neutralize a threat from a safe distance with a gun, they had the common sense to run.
However, the show occasionally surprised us with good old-fashioned physical violence. One of the most shocking examples is the season two episode "Endgame." To save Mulder's life, the usually reserved Skinner gets into an elevator fight with X, Mulder's mysterious informant. It's a truly hilarious scene, and actor Mitch Pileggi, who plays Skinner, really enjoyed it because he could do his own stunts. This was rare, and it showed: when he had to do a second take for his big on-screen fight scene, he slammed another actor into a wall so hard he ended up breaking the set!
Shove this job somewhere far away from you!
«"Endgame" is the second installment of the two-part series that began with "Colony." These episodes put Mulder in more danger than ever before. He and Scully find themselves embroiled in a case involving terrifying clones and his sister, who has apparently returned from the grave. They soon encounter a shape-shifting, virtually invulnerable alien bounty hunter. Ultimately, Mulder and the evil alien engage in a climactic showdown in the Arctic, but things go awry for our hero: a combination of battle wounds and exposure to the alien's toxic blood leaves him in critical condition. He only survives because Scully shows up and saves his life.
How did Scully find him in the Arctic? First, she tries to find out his location from X, but he refuses to help her. Then Skinner intercepts him in the elevator, and they have a... fierce The fight, after which X finally reveals Mulder's location. Unfortunately, director Rob Bowman wasn't happy with the first take of the fight scene; after that, actors Mitch Pileggi (Skinner) and Steven Williams (X) decided to do the stunt for real to make it look better on screen. This idea even worked. too much good: Pileggi pushed another man with such force that he destroyed the elevator set!
Captain America from The X-Files«
You might think this would offend Williams, but it didn't. The fact is, he had more experience choreographing fight scenes than anyone else in the «The X-Files, thanks to his role in in the film "Missing in Action 2: The Beginning"« . So he helped choreograph his on-screen fight in The X-Files, and he did a fantastic job: it's arguably the best physical encounter in the entire series. So he couldn't be too angry at Pileggi for shoving him too hard, since the other man was simply trying his best to bring Williams' vision to life.
At the time, after seeing Skinner fight in Endgame, fans «"The X-Files »" were a real revelation. At first, the FBI assistant director seemed like a largely sedentary figure... someone who might sternly reprimand Mulder and Scully when things went south. But "Endgame" proved that Skinner could fight back if he really wanted to, and that he could pose as deadly a threat as any of the show's memorable monsters. Kicking ass and dispatching enemies in elevators? This guy is kind of like Captain America from «"The X-Files »!