Season 3 of “The White Lotus” caused him to reflect on that character. “I called up Tom Kapinos, I did ‘Califonication,’ with him,” he said, referring to the show’s creator.“And I was like, ‘It feels like Hank Moody would have done that Sam Rockwell monologue.
It feels like something he would have done, completely.’ He was like, ‘Oh yeah, seems like people are talking like that again.’”According to Duchovny, that type of bawdy TV monologue seemed to go out of style for a few years. “You never know, right?
It’s cultural norms and sensitivities change,” Duchovny said while promoting his new History Channel show, “Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny.”“I love [‘Californication’].
I feel like in many ways, it was a much more sentimental show than people gave it credit for. It was really like a family drama at the heart of it,” he continued. “There were these other things that kind of distracted people from the fact that it was that.
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