6 TV Shows Actors Wanted To Fail

6. David Duchovny Thought Five Years Of The X-Files Was Enough... Never Mind SEVEN

David Duchovny appeared to be very much over all things Fox Mulder and The X-Files back in 2001, all but leaving it behind after his contract expired post-Season Seven.

The show would ultimately stretch on for another two seasons, however, with the Mulder star sporadically appearing during Season Eight and Nine. But if Duchovny's words are anything to go by, it appears as though the actor would have been happy if the demand for the show fizzled out around the time of Season Five.

As he noted at the time of his initial exit from the role and show, as much as he loved being a part of the series, he "always thought five years was enough." And going further, Duchovny would also add that "Seven years is definitely enough.”

Back in 2000, the star also cheekily stated whilst promoting a film he was starring in, "Have you seen the show the last two weeks? Man, we should stop. They’re getting pretty bad sometimes. It’s getting a little thin.”

Despite evidently not exactly rooting for the show to keep churning out material he classed as "pretty bad sometimes", though, the star would eventually make his Mulder comeback after a legal battle with Fox over his payment, appearing in The X-Files: I Want To Believe movie in 2008 before returning to the series for a tenth and eleventh season from 2016 onwards.