Post by Agent 1013 on Apr 17, 2005 17:40:01 GMT
William B. Davis, the Cigarette Smoking Man from The X-Files, is packing up his bags and heading back to Vancouver. Davis was in Calgary yesterday for a mini-festival of two of his films.
Packing Up is a short film Davis wrote and directed, which was a companion piece to Cost of Living, a 10-minute film he starred in for Calgary independent filmmaker, Jonathan Joffe.
"I met with Jon over a different project that didn't happen for us, but I left him my card and he phoned later with Cost of Living," says Davis.
"I found it a really neat concept, so I said yes."
In Cost of Living, Davis, 67, plays a man who realizes his body is wearing down, so he goes to an organization which offers new bodies.
Calgarian Andrew Krivanek plays the salesman trying to sell Davis on the body upgrade.
"It's about how far a person would go to sacrifice his dignity in order to stay alive. We filmed it in one day."
Joffe, who sold an earlier short film, Young Rocket Samurai, to the Space Channel, is hoping he can do the same with Cost of Living.
David Duchovny, who is currently promoting his film, The House of D, has told reporters a second X-Files movie is in the works.
Davis says he's read Duchovny's interviews, but has heard nothing official.
"I think they're probably talking up the project, which often leads to something concrete."
[glow=red,2,300]and this bits just for Wigs LOL [/glow]
Though Davis' character was killed off, he won't be surprised if he gets a call from the producers.
"They do a lot of flashbacks in The X-Files, so it's conceivable I could be in ... a new film.
"The fact I got past my little cameo in the pilot episode is a wonder. I read for Senior FBI Agent, a part that had three lines, got rejected, but was given the non-speaking Cigarette Man."
The producer eventually gave him a few lines until his characters became a major plot device.
"The X-Files gave me my biggest exposure," admits Davis, who began acting on stage in Toronto as a child, once taught drama and also directed plays in England and Canada.
Packing Up is a short film Davis wrote and directed, which was a companion piece to Cost of Living, a 10-minute film he starred in for Calgary independent filmmaker, Jonathan Joffe.
"I met with Jon over a different project that didn't happen for us, but I left him my card and he phoned later with Cost of Living," says Davis.
"I found it a really neat concept, so I said yes."
In Cost of Living, Davis, 67, plays a man who realizes his body is wearing down, so he goes to an organization which offers new bodies.
Calgarian Andrew Krivanek plays the salesman trying to sell Davis on the body upgrade.
"It's about how far a person would go to sacrifice his dignity in order to stay alive. We filmed it in one day."
Joffe, who sold an earlier short film, Young Rocket Samurai, to the Space Channel, is hoping he can do the same with Cost of Living.
David Duchovny, who is currently promoting his film, The House of D, has told reporters a second X-Files movie is in the works.
Davis says he's read Duchovny's interviews, but has heard nothing official.
"I think they're probably talking up the project, which often leads to something concrete."
[glow=red,2,300]and this bits just for Wigs LOL [/glow]
Though Davis' character was killed off, he won't be surprised if he gets a call from the producers.
"They do a lot of flashbacks in The X-Files, so it's conceivable I could be in ... a new film.
"The fact I got past my little cameo in the pilot episode is a wonder. I read for Senior FBI Agent, a part that had three lines, got rejected, but was given the non-speaking Cigarette Man."
The producer eventually gave him a few lines until his characters became a major plot device.
"The X-Files gave me my biggest exposure," admits Davis, who began acting on stage in Toronto as a child, once taught drama and also directed plays in England and Canada.