Travis and James Riker were only babies when their mother Alyea drove them to the Fox set of The X-Files 14 years ago to play William, the offspring of Scully and Mulder.

But the link has stayed with them their whole lives.

DailyMail.com caught up with the teenagers - who are now living in Manhattan Beach, California, and pick up modeling gigs between school and soccer - as the series is set to reboot on January 24 with vets Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny.

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Teens: The twins that played the baby of Mulder and Scully on The X-Files are James (left) and Travis Riker (right), seen here at home in Manhattan Beach, California in early January

Their acting debut: Both James and Travis took turns on camera to play William for season nine in 2002

A cult favorite: The X-Files was on the air from 1993 until 2002 and starred Gillian Anderson as Scully and David Duchovny as Mulder

'We have never watched the show,' James, 14, tells DailyMail.com.

'We've seen some fan footage of us from all the episodes that's pretty cool,' added Travis, 'but never seen the whole show.'

Incredibly, the two have only heard about the long-running cult classic from family members.

'Our aunts D'Jamila and Gihan are big fans of The X-Files and they would always tell us about it,' said Travis.

Hey 14: DailyMail.com caught up with the teenagers as the series is set to reboot on January 24

The two may watch now that they will be shown in flashbacks on the reboot. They will appear in episodes two and four.

'We will tune in for sure, why not?' added Travis.

The brothers were cast during 2002's season nine after a friend tipped their mother off about the part.

James and Travis looked so similar as babies that it was easy for them to play the same child on screen. When one slept, the other worked, and vice versa.

A new role: James (left) and Travis (right) were photographed by Kai F Zeng for Elle UK

'We have no memory, of course, of working on the show, but obviously it is a part of our lives,' said James.

But it was not their school mates who took note of their X-Files connection. 'Our friends really didn't know about it. It was our teachers who would be interested. They thought that was fun,' said James.

And the Riker boys didn't even know they were associated with the show until they were about seven years old.

'We had no idea we worked on The X-Files until later. It was only when we were about seven that my mom Alyea would mention it to us every now and then,' said James.

Model behavior: The twins have also appeared in other shoots by Feng

'My mom said one of the best parts filming for her was filming at night. They had a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf mobile van at the set and you could order as many drinks as you wanted for free.'

And going to set was a breeze for the boys.

'We lived down the street from 20th Century Fox at the time so it was not a big deal to bring them over,' said Alyea.

In the past two years the Riker twins have gone back in front of the camera.

'My dad Ricky always thought we had a Cool California look and we ended up being asked to be in a Fall Out Boy video by my mom's friend Andrew Zaeh.'

They need to hit Netflix: 'We have never watched the show,' James, 14, tells DailyMail.com. 'We've seen some fan footage of us from all the episodes that's pretty cool,' added Travis, 'but never seen the whole show'

That led to scouts calling them.

'Paloma Jackson of Paloma model and talent saw our photo on call sheet for the video and asked if we wanted to try modeling with her agency. We said yes why not?' said Travis.

Their first shoot was for Elle UK.

'We were so lucky,' said James. 'Paloma submitted my photos and I got chosen at 12 years old to be in a 16 page fashion editorial for Elle UK.'

'I loved every minute of it,' added Travis. 'The location, meeting other models, it was fun. The food was good too. It was not a bad set up at all. We've stayed good friends with the photographer Kai Z Feng who took all the photos. We love his work.'

Soccer fans: And the two would like to become famous, but not that famous. 'I'd love to become famous enough to get a discount at the Nike store and meet my favorite soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo,' said Travis, James added: 'I'd love a discount at Adidas and be able to meet the Liverpool FC team. I was lucky enough I got to meet my favorite soccer player Steven Gerard last summer'

Travis and James will next appear in the March issue of Teen Vogue.

As far as going back to acting, it was a natural fit.

'We just had a great experience acting together over the summer in a project called Clandestino. We filmed it at Joshua Tree. I play the bad twin and James plays the good twin,' said Travis.

And the two would like to become famous, but not that famous.

'I'd love to become famous enough to get a discount at the Nike store and meet my favorite soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo,' said Travis,

James added: 'I'd love a discount at Adidas and be able to meet the Liverpool FC team. I was lucky enough I got to meet my favorite soccer player Steven Gerard last summer.'

The X-Files returns to Fox on January 24.