From Page 1 called mythology — aliens and governmental conspiracy — narrative thread of the show. Says Guttridge, “The mythol- ogy seripts are reserved for the chite writers, the ones that have been there for a long time. Verre hoping that next season (the show’s seventh) to get into that.” Guttridge and Hawrvliw are particular fans of X-Files seasons two and three. They tried to write an episode much in the style of the stories from those seasons. “In seasons two and three you had some pretty diabolical characters that at che same time had some real human qualities. What made it scary is 32 ~ Friday, April 9, 1999 — North Shore News Former X- business, everybody, Chas Carter, Frank Spotnitz (co- executive producer), Vince Gilligan ail the wav down, everybody was so supportive. “People [talk to here in Los Angeles just shake their heads — it’s unheard of. Cliris Carter is such a maverick that he would give his prop gue a chance to write. Most produc- ers would just dismiss it because of titles.” The challenge of writing a script for such a well-known show is rigorous. “There’s a huge amount of quality con- trol. We learned a lot in bring- ing the characters up. We'd come up with an idea tor a character aid they'd say, ‘We don’t usually portray things in that manner.” ” The Troller 6422 Bay St, Horseshoe Bay, WY 921-7616 $ Bay Moorings Seafood 5330 Bay Sc, VV 921-8184 $58 Beach House at Dundarave Pier 150 25th St, WV 922-1414 $$$$ JiM Guttridge, of West Van, and Ken Hawryliw are the co-writers of this Sunday's episode of The X-Files. room with these guys that have been working on the show for five years do vou 1445 Lonsdale Ave. N¥ 990-9349 $$ Thai House 180 WeEsplanade, NV 987-99118 S$ Green Spot Vegetarian Restaurant 222 Marine Oe, WY 925-2258 $$ clement co drive an entire story, “The X-Files is constantly from that.” Hawryliw has written a few feature and ‘TV scripts with various writing partners over the years. Most have been optioned or produced, but landing an X-Files story is on another scale of order, “We're starting at the top with a first recognition on a top-10 rated show, one of the biggest syndi- ¢ated shows in the world right now. It’s a huge break for us,” said: Hawryliw. The writers first met through a mutual friend. “Jim had actually written a spec X- Files script about 24 years ago. He wanted to get it to Chris Carter. He asked me to read and tell me whar E thought. It was a great story idea but it really wasn’t an X-Files script,” You Look at Home improvements! us outright,” Hawryliw says. They wrote a second spec script to show the series” exee- utives that they meant busi- ness, It almost got produced last year when the show ran into some trouble with anoth- er script. “We basically wrote two scripts just to get the job tor the episode that’s airing this weekend,” says Hawrviiw. The writers were on set for one day of filming for Trevar in California. “It was torally surreal. Pm dealing with the director, Rob Bowman, who slirected the episode and alwo directed The X-Files movie. We've got one of the prime X- Files directors to direct our episode. We were just thrilled,” he says. ae, that it was actually the extreme Guttridge had to revisit scuse thase secrets and you looking for deeper human rea- be says. Gutrridge meanwhile has possibilities of science,” says what he took for granted learn from them. Although sans to tell.a story. This is Guttridge suggested they written a script thar will be Gutuidge. about television story telling. you're given complete tree- what attracted us fo the show re-write it together. It became produced by former Mr. The process to realize their “You see the show and vou dom with the story, you’re still in the beginning. Aithough their first spec X-Files script. Universe Franco Colombu in shot ax an episode was more think it’s a dark, brooding shaped by the story editors.” there’s a monster loose, it's Hawryliw says he was initial- — Los Angeles. than two years in rhe making. show and there’s these words He recalls, for example, more about how the g good ly self-conscious abour showing The movie will star Arnold Says Guttridge, “You have tying around to describe it, when they were pitching sto- guys are changed and respond it, but Chris Carter’s assistant Sehwartzenegger (another for- to win aver quite a few people but to maintain that and create ies. Guttridge and Hawryliw to thar. We were encouraged championed i it. “Ir’s a big leap mer Mr, Universe). The film, to get there. have to say that that, it goes right down into came up with an idea based on to find a deep reason to tell a for me doing props on the temporarily titled Lift is all the horror stories you hear the intimate detail. revenge. They were told that story. 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