For performers, the X-Files experience can be truly memorable. In one episode involving poisonous snakes, a guest actor was covered with prosthetic blisters that seeped a pudding-like substance with the help of air pumps. We put a bald cap on her. A blend of acetate, gelatin and paint was used to simulate charred flesh, with dog rawhide serving as exposed bone. It was X-Files perfect.
Most actors are good sports, including the stars.
Anderson was a real trouper when subjected to a swarm of insects, including giant winged beetles, in the season's first episode, while Duchovny was equally game when facing live snakes, Day said. Not only did he have to look old, he had to look diseased. But he loved it. If a baseball bat is used in an episode in season two and I bring out the same baseball bat for something in season seven, there will be people who get on the Internet to carp,' said Day.