David Duchovny failed 'Full House' audition before landing 'X-Files' role: 'I was really bad'
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David Duchovny, who found major success with "The X-Files" and 'Californication," recalled the time he lost out on all three leads of the beloved '90s sitcom “Full House"
"At first, they had me for, I think, the dad," Duchovny said, referencing Bob Saget's character, Danny Tanner. "And then, they had me for the [John] Stamos character. And then, they had me for the other guy (Dave Couiler's character, Joey Gladstone). I was thinking, ‘I’ve got to get one of these, and it’s going to change my life.'" Christina Dugan Ramirez is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
"I had plenty of those pilots that I went up for when I was first out in L.A. and I thought each one was going to be the break," he continued. "I just needed to be able to pay my rent, too. That was an important thing because I just wanted a job."