Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Robin Hood Men in Tights) has joined the cast of Fox's The X-Files and will play the recurring character of FBI assistant director Brad Follmer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The character of Follmer is the ex-boyfriend of special agent Monica Reyes, who is played by Annabeth Gish.

Creator Chris Carter stated that the producers' goal was to cast someone very different from special agent John Dogget (Robert Patrick). "[Follmer] is a guy who is a little more buttoned up, a little more polished; he represents a different kind of FBI," Carter said.

Elwes was offered the part after he read with Gish on Aug 8. "All of us saw at the same time how he would be the best choice for the dynamic we were trying to create; we liked the energy between the two of them," Carter said. Elwes' character will be introduced in The X-Files' ninth-season premiere episode on Nov. 4, written by Carter and executive producer Frank Spotnitz and directed by Kim Manners.