TV Guide
(New Zealand)
17 November 2001 Issue
X-Files Provides The Xena Factor
New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless says she based the character of Xena:Warrior Princess on Mulder from the X-Files. Lawless is due to appear in two episodes of The X-Files when it begins its new series in America later this month. She plays a character who has information about Scully's baby.
"My daughter is a mad X-Files fan, Lawless says. "I actually based Xena, in the beginning, on Mulder. I know it makes no sense now, because, of course, a character takes on a life of its own. But it wanted to underplay everything and have Xena be dark and mysterious. Of course, the show took over and Xena became a whole other animal.
Lawless says X-Files demands a whole different style of acting to Xena.