USA Today: Duchovny revealing in 'Californication'
A different sort of X-Files: David Duchovny takes a comedic turn in Showtime's racy Californication.
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Duchovny strips down for comedy
David Duchovny is back on Showtime with Californication, a 12-episode comedy (no connection to the Red Hot Chili Peppers) due in August. The companion for Weeds centers on Hank Moody, a writer who is raising his 13-year-old daughter while trying to reclaim his girlfriend (Natascha McElhone) and restart his career.
Along the way, he drinks, sleeps around and generally behaves badly. And like the pay channel's Red Shoe Diaries — the soft-core series The X-Files star once narrated — it also has plenty of nudity.
"I wanted to have you rooting for a guy you shouldn't be rooting for," Duchovny says. But ultimately, he becomes a hero: "The guy who's drinking and falling into bed with women and sleeping all day is really the guy who's taking care of the family." —Gary Levin
Best known for his role as FBI agent Fox Mulder in X-Files, Duchovny, 46, shot a promotional ad campaign for his upcoming Showtime series Californication. David left little to the imagination as he stood proudly in his boxer shorts next to a beat-up Porsche 911!