#Nicholas Lea

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7.12 - TIME AFTER TIME

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The X-Files 4.08: Tunguska

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Watercolour painting of Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea). From The X-Files. 🐀

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The X-Files's Set of Pranksters

By most accounts, Anderson is the biggest prankster on a set filled with them.

People have been known to hide under desks during filming, popping out at inopportune moments. There was the “Day in the Life of the X-Files” gag videotape sent to a Fox executive, lampooning a typical day’s shoot. And there was the infamous mooning of the camera at a Christmas party.

On this day, at any given time, several people are walking around with clothespins stuck all over their clothes. It’s a running gag with the crew, to clip as many clothespins to each other’s clothes as possible, without the victim knowing.

“Last year (director) Rob Bowman and I would try to pin clothespins on each other regularly,” Anderson says. “I won with 37 at once on this big red coat of his.”

(Source, 1996)

“Occasionally, when I get real tired, I just want to start making stuff up,” jokes Mitch. So what’s the best gag they’ve come up with?

“That David’s having a testicle reduction,” Nick announces, straight-faced, and the pair of them crack up with laughter.

(Source, 1996)

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Behind the scenes of The X-Files

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Nicholas Lea Vs. Donnie Wahlberg

Propaganda

Nicholas Lea - (The X-Files) - rat boy (affectionate), poor little meow meow, pathetic bedraggled wet beast who got left out in the rain but has committed So many crimes and might have rabies...i didn't say a name but he popped into your head didn't he?

Donnie Wahlburg - (Band of Brothers, Boomtown) - I know he's mostly known for being a member of the New Kids on the Block but he's also a really good actor. And he played Carwood Lipton in Bands of Brothers, that alone is a good reason to vote for him.

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Nicholas Lea:

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I know there is a TON of crossover between the X-Files and Supernatural, from the crew (at all levels) to the cast, but one that took me a few episodes to realize as I'm making my way slowly through season two is the guy who plays Mulder's "partner" Krycek is Eliot Ness!

And a bonus: Misha Collins as Eliot Ness in Timeless.

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I’m gayer than these two mfs lately

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chris owens, jeffrey spender. some pics i found from jeffrey spender defender website.

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Are you telling me Nicholas Lea had his left ear pierced all through the 90s and they took it *out* when he played Alex Krycek??

Krycek with a little hoop in his ear would’ve been so perfect.

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The X-Files 4.08: Tunguska

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Nicholas Lea and Mitch Pileggi

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Mitch Pileggi, Nic Lea, and Kim Manners Were Happy about Krycek's Death Scene

On a merry drive down Season 8 Interview Lane (boy, does that trip deserve a dedicated post all its own), I came across this:

According to director Kim Manners, the most difficult scene to shoot was in the elevator with Mitch Pileggi and Nicholas Lea. Conversely, Manners' favorite scene was the one in which Skinner kills Krycek. Manners himself proposed the uniqueness of the shot, which features a CGI bullet going straight through Krycek's head. Extra money was budgeted for Krycek's death.[6] Mitch Pileggi was very happy when he was told he would be killing Krycek; he explained, "when they came to me and told me that I was the one that was going to kill Krycek, I was elated. Not because I wanted Nick to go away or anything, it was just from a character stand-point; Skinner just wanted to kill Krycek so bad."[6] Manners later called it one of his "favorite scenes [he'd] ever directed" and one of the "best scenes [he's] seen in a long time on television."[3]

Reportedly, Lea had become tired of the role and was growing weary of the ambiguous nature of the character. When Lea learned that his character was to be killed off in "Existence", he reportedly welcomed the news. The night the episode aired, Lea wrote on his personal website: "I felt that [Krycek] wasn't getting a fair shake anyway. [...] I wanted more in-depth ideas about the character and it never came to pass. It kind of stopped being fun to play."[4]

-Existence, Wikipedia

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Behind the scenes of The X-Files

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