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  • Gillian Anderson Kisses David Duchovny [Pic]

    Gillian Anderson kissed David Duchovny. And the Internet nearly exploded. Well, that time, and the time they found out about Andre the Giant Cat.

    It’s been a good day to be the Internet.

    The scene of the amorous encounter was The Cutting Room in New York City. David Duchovny was on the stage with his band, singing songs from his debut album Hell or Highwater.

    Presently, Gillian Anderson joined him onstage.

    “Can we play some real music please?” Gillian Anderson joked

    “Is there anything you’re in the mood for?” Mulder asked Scully – er, Gillian Anderson. And Gillian Anderson requested the Neil Young song “Helpless.”

    The two sang together. When they were done, they hugged and kissed. Now if only they could do some more X-Files episodes…

    But, wait! They are doing more X-Files aren’t they? Fox announced that The X-Files will return on Sunday, January 24, at 10 PM. This is just night one of a two-night premiere, which sets the series back up on Mondays for the rest of the six-episode run.

    Maybe this was a warm-up. After all, David duchovny had admitted to being a little nervous about being on the set with Gillian Anderson again.

    “I think I’ll be nervous on the day. When I’m in a scene with Gillian, I think we’ll both be like, this is so weird. And I think we’ve both gotten better as we’ve gotten older, so how do we bring that to bear on these characters? If I were to look back at the first or second year of the show, I wouldn’t try to act like that guy. I’m capable of doing more. She’s capable of doing more. It’ll be interesting to see how we keep the characters the same but also the actors are better.”

  • Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny To Return For “X-Files” Revival

    Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny To Return For “X-Files” Revival

    Gillian Anderson is one busy lady.

    Gillian Anderson has a couple of huge projects coming up for fans to enjoy!

    Of most importance, Gillian Anderson will be returning, with David Duchovny, to Fox for a revival of the incredibly popular show, The X-Files.

    In an annoucement, Fox execs revealed, “The next mind-bending chapter of The X-Files debuts with a special two-night event beginning Sunday, Jan. 24 (10:00-11:00 PM ET/7:00-8:00 PM PT), following the NFC Championship game, and continuing with its time period premiere on Monday, Jan. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).”

    The statement continued, “The thrilling, six-episode event series, helmed by creator/executive producer Chris Carter and starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, marks the momentous return of the Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning pop culture phenomenon, which remains one of the longest-running sci-fi series in network television history.”

    So exciting!

    In addition to the long-awaited X-Files continuation, Gillian Anderson will be featured on Hannibal‘s upcoming season as the “bride of Hannibal”, Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier.

    Check out this intriguing preview:

    https://youtu.be/lQ4Bn5YuGcE

    Hannibal, besides bringing on Gillian Anderson, stars Hugh Dancy as criminal profiler Will Graham. Graham has the ability to see into the mind of serial killers.

    Mads Mikkelsen stars as a super creepy Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter is psychiatrist who is helping with the cases. He is also a serial killer.

    So awesome.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07jbp9iY4o

    With the addition of Gillian Anderson as Hannibal’s love, I just don’t know if this show could possibly get any better.

    And Gillian Anderson’s return as Dana Scully is just too much.

    What do you think about Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny’s return to The X-Files? Will you be watching?

  • Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny Now Have a Date

    Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are on their way back to the truth.

    Fox has announced that The X-Files much-anticipated six-episode series will hit your television set on Sunday, January 24, at 10 PM. This is just night one of a two-night premiere, which sets the series back up on Mondays for the rest of the six-episode run. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny will be back as Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, respectively, investigating the weird stuff that nobody else wants to touch with a ten-foot pole.

    Chris Carter will joing Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny as Executive Producer for the six episodes.

    “I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” Chris Carter said recently. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.”

    David Duchovny had previous told the New York Post that he was on board for the episodes, but beyond that couldn’t tell much.

    “I don’t know much at all,” Duchovny said. “We’re gonna do six episodes. I’m pretty sure it’s gonna begin and end with the mythology. But I really don’t know.”

    He did admit that it might be strange to get back on set with Gillian Anderson in these roles after all this time.

    “I think I’ll be nervous on the day. When I’m in a scene with Gillian, I think we’ll both be like, this is so weird. And I think we’ve both gotten better as we’ve gotten older, so how do we bring that to bear on these characters? If I were to look back at the first or second year of the show, I wouldn’t try to act like that guy. I’m capable of doing more. She’s capable of doing more. It’ll be interesting to see how we keep the characters the same but also the actors are better.”

    While Gillian Anderson has seen loads of success herself in the years since The X-Files originally ran, including the BBC series The Fall, both actors were surprisingly eager to return to the roles that made them famous. But Duchovny a surprising admission about Fox Mulder.

    “The interesting thing about Mulder is nominally he is law enforcement but he never solved one case in nine years. So he’s the worst F.B.I. agent of all time. As F.B.I. agents, I would say we were not by the book. Especially Mulder.”

  • David Duchovny: Working with Gillian Anderson Again Might Be Weird

    David Duchovny is taking the news in stride. Ever since word hit the street that he and X-Files co-star Gillian Anderson will be reuniting for six all-new episodes of The X-Files, fans have been beside themselves.

    “The nerd in me just peed her pants,” one commenter admitted on hearing that the duo were back at it.

    David Duchovny spoke with the New York Times about his upcoming turn on the show that launched both his and Anderson’s careers.

    “The good things are working with Chris and Gillian again, and getting to do this show again and see what we’ve got. I’m as curious as anybody else. I’m amazed that there’s still an appetite for it and I’m touched.”

    When asked whether he was nervous about revisting the show and creative team after all this time, David Duchovny admitted that there could be some oddness, but nothing they couldn’t handle.

    “I think I’ll be nervous on the day. When I’m in a scene with Gillian, I think we’ll both be like, this is so weird. And I think we’ve both gotten better as we’ve gotten older, so how do we bring that to bear on these characters? If I were to look back at the first or second year of the show, I wouldn’t try to act like that guy. I’m capable of doing more. She’s capable of doing more. It’ll be interesting to see how we keep the characters the same but also the actors are better.”

    David Duchovny feels like the time is now right for the X-Files return. He recognizes the influence on other shows and film that the series had, even if some loyal followers were not too pleased with how the show ended.

    “The time is right because we got our [act] together to do it. In terms of culturally or what people want to see, I don’t know. I imagine if we waited too much longer people would eventually lose interest… We’re gonna make the same show. But it’ll be interesting because Gillian and I are older. I don’t want to act like it’s 20 years ago.”

  • Gillian Anderson Dives Back into Sci-Fi, and It’s Not X-Files

    Gillian Anderson can’t seem to outlive her past. She recently told KTLA that her past characters define her even now.

    “I was at a bachelor party last night, and a couple of times I was introduced as ‘Remember the girl from The X-Files?’ So, yeah, I’m ‘the girl from The X-Files.’”

    Wait. Gillian Anderson was at some dude’s bachelor party?

    While she has moved on to do the hugely successful BBC drama The Fall, as well as starring in a hugely successful West End production of A Streetcar Named Desire — a show which has the distinction of being the fastest sellout in the history of the Old Vic theatre — she still has one foot in the past somewhat.

    In fact, Gillian Anderson’s latest film opens today. And it puts her back in familiar territory — sci-fi.

    Called Robot Overlords, the movie is a British family sci-fi film that casts Gillian Anderson as a mother.

    “It’s a lovely family movie; compared to my usual roles I’m frumped down and softer and quirkier,” Gillian Anderson revealed. “I feel like she’s closer to who I am, how I am. I have a tendency to be sillier and more frivolous than I generally get to play.”

    For X-Files fans, this may be as close a taste as they get to seeing Anderson back in Scully territory until the recently-announced mini-series of X-Files episodes actually comes to fruition. Despite her chagrin at being known as “the girl from The X-Files,” both Anderson and Duchovny agreed to join forces again to do the limited run of episodes.

    “I don’t know much at all,” Duchovny told the New York Post. “We’re gonna do six episodes. I’m pretty sure it’s gonna begin and end with the mythology. But I really don’t know.”

  • Gillian Anderson Says Men Are Too Scared To Ask Her On A Date, Stays Single

    Gillian Anderson is yet to give up on love and is seeking the man who will be “brave enough” to ask her on a date.

    The 46-year-old actress shares that she embraces the thought of having a man in her life again although she is happy being on her own.  She reveals that even though she has been married twice – to The X-Files series assistant and art director Clyde Klotz in 1994, and to documentary filmmaker Julian Ozanne in 2006 – she almost always had to take the lead on the relationships.

    ‘I’m so lucky to have such great work. I’ve got a fantastic life, I have a wonderful relationship with my kids, and there’s nothing lacking, but I’m leaning towards the idea that it’s time for somebody to be brave enough to ask me out,” Anderson said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.

    “I’ve asked out guys in the past. I remember being in the cinema in the States and I made eye contact with a man going in. I noticed we laughed at same points and seemed to respond in the same way to the same moments. We were both with friends, but he caught up with me as we were filing out. Halfway, I stopped and thought ‘What am I doing?’ So I rushed back down the street, went up to him and said ‘Would you like a coffee sometime?’ We dated for six months,” Anderson recounted.

    The The X-Files star enumerates her rules in dating, which excludes married men and toy boys. The idea of another same sex relationship is definitely welcomed as long as it’s “The One”.

    “I believe at this stage of my life, it’s better not to manipulate the situation. If it happens, it happens. What I am sure about is that I want my next relationship to be ‘The One,’” she said.

    Anderson returns as the skeptic Agent Scully with the return of the The X-Files, which will air was a six-part series. After a 13-year break, Anderson will again be playing her role as an FBI agent with on-screen investigating partner David Duchovny as Agent Mulder.

    The 20th Century Fox hit TV series will begin production this summer.

  • David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson Returning for Six-Episode ‘X-Files’ Event Series

    David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will return to Fox in The X-Files for a six-episode event series. Fox announced the news, that will no doubt thrill fans of the show, on Tuesday.

    “I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” the show’s creator and executive producer Chris Carter said in a statement. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.”

    The original sci-fi series, starring both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, ran on Fox for nine seasons, from 1993 to 2002. The show focused on FBI agents Dana Scully (played by Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (played by David Duchovny) as they investigated numerous instances of paranormal activity. The X-Files won 16 Emmy Awards and five Golden Globes during its run.

    “The X-Files was not only a seminal show for both the studio and the network, it was a worldwide phenomenon that shaped pop culture yet remained a true gem for the legions of fans who embraced it from the beginning,” Fox Chairmen and CEOs of Fox Television Group Dana Walden and Gary Newman said in a statement. “Few shows on television have drawn such dedicated fans as The X-Files, and we’re ecstatic to give them the next thrilling chapter of Mulder and Scully they’ve been waiting for.”

    It was back in January when Gillian Anderson first hinted at a return to the show.

    “Maybe do something where [Mulder] wakes up from a dream, and he’s been Hank Moody in Mulder’s dream. That was his fantasy,” she said during a podcast.

    Even though a release date for The X-Files six-episode event series hasn’t yet been announced, fans are likely clamoring for more information and blowing up Netflix for past episodes of the show.

    Are you among those who can’t wait to see David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully on The X-Files?

  • Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan Return To ‘The Fall’ For A Third And Final Season

    The Fall, the Belfast-set psychological thriller starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan, is set to return for a third season. In the show, Anderson plays police detective Stella Gibson while Dornan plays serial killer Paul Spector. The show proved to be a hit not only in the United Kingdom, but also internationally through Netflix. The series, which is created by Alan Cubitt, will be concluding it’s storyline in the third season which will feature five episodes. The second season finale, which ended with a cliffhanger, was watched by 3.6 million consolidated viewers with a 12.7 percent share.

    Cubitt had nothing but kind words for BBC executives Kim Shillinglaw, Ben Stephenson and Stephen Wright. According to the showrunner, season 2’s cliffhanger was made “in the hope of further exploring the characters and the themes that are at the heart of The Fall”. According to Stephenson, it was clear that Cubitt has a plan for The Fall and that greenlighting the show for a third and final season makes perfect sense. “The story is far from over. Allan has known the end game from the beginning — the cat-and-mouse game between Gillian and Jamie has one last act to play out. Who will win?” Stephenson said.

    Jamie Dornan got his start when he was cast in the role of Spector in The Fall. He has since become a huge star because of his role as Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey adaptation. Dornan famously said that his role as a serial killer in The Fall left him scarred.

    The show has been criticized for its portrayal of violence against women, however, Anderson (who is also one of the show’s producers) said that it’s actually vilifying misogyny. Talking about her character, Anderson said, “She makes it very clear how she feels about violence against women, how these women are represented and how they are perceived. She is a supporter of women and women being treated respectfully and she doesn’t mince words. It’s in her bones. I like that about her.”

  • Gillian Anderson Wins Best Actress Award

    Gillian Anderson may be best known for her strong roles in The X-Files and The Fall, but she’s also an accomplished stage actress, and on Sunday evening she took home an award from the prestigious London’s Evening Standard Theater Awards for her work in A Streetcar Named Desire.

    Anderson was among fellow theater actors Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Herrin–who took Best Actor and Best Director, respectively–at the event, where she took home the trophy for Best Actress. According to The Daily Mail, Anderson was up against Helen McCrory for Medea, Kristin Scott Thomas for Electra, Billie Piper for Great Britain and Tanya Moodie for her performance in Intimate Apparel but beat them out with her stellar performance as Southern belle Blanche Dubois.

    Anderson made headlines last month when she spoke out about the rampant sexism in Hollywood, calling it “intolerable”, around the same time The Fall writer Allan Cubitt was accused of threading misogynist overtones into the storyline of the show.

    “It’s built into our society. It’s easy to miss and it’s easy to get used to it. There are things that are intolerable in today’s world, in terms of the perception of women. Whether they’re vamps or vixens… the expectation is that, if a woman is wearing a short skirt, she’s ‘asking for it,’” she said.

  • Gillian Anderson On How Women Are Portrayed In Hollywood

    Gillian Anderson has found success with her show The Fall—a murder mystery set in Belfast that also stars Fifty Shades Of Grey actor Jamie Dornan–but, for some critics, the series is somewhat glamorizing violence against women.

    While Anderson portrays a strong detective on a show that reportedly has a strong feminist thread running throughout it, sites like The Guardian pose the idea that writer Allan Cubitt still hasn’t risen above the misogyny that he’s been accused of in the past.

    “In spite of Cubitt’s recent admission that in the first series the camera may indeed have lingered for too long on “certain things”, it’s crystal clear to anyone who cares to tune in that The Fall is still in the business of glamorising violence against women by equating it not only with sex, but with sexual attractiveness,” wrote Rachel Cooke.

    But Cubitt says that’s just not the case; rather, the show sets out to explore why men turn to violence.

    “It sets out to explore a complex and difficult subject, which always runs the risk of being held up as an example of it rather than a critique of it….My feeling is that people who think that about it probably haven’t given it the closest reading. It might be a knee jerk reaction to something that depicts violence against women,” he said.

    Anderson spoke out against sexism and the way women are viewed–both in Hollywood and in real life–in a recent interview with Red Magazine, saying that it’s “intolerable”.

    “It’s built into our society. It’s easy to miss and it’s easy to get used to it. There are things that are intolerable in today’s world, in terms of the perception of women. Whether they’re vamps or vixens… the expectation is that, if a woman is wearing a short skirt, she’s ‘asking for it,’” she said.

    The actress also noted that when she began “The X-Files” in 1993, the difference between her pay and David Duchovny’s was huge.

    “At the beginning, the pay disparity was massive. But that happens all the time in Hollywood. It’s, ‘Do this for me, I’ll get you a job,’” she said.

    As for The Fall, Cubitt says that it’s not meant to be demeaning to women in any way, but he does want to show the facets of a brutal killer’s personality, which includes how that character feels about the women he kills.

    “If you’re going to have a character like Spector, you’re going to be embracing some very disturbing psychological dimensions to the character, but at the same time, you’re saying no criminal is just their criminality, they have many other aspects as well, but that’s disturbing,” he said.

  • Gillian Anderson: Distracted by Naked Jamie Dornan

    While filming the second season of the BBC drama, The Fall, actress Gillian Anderson admitted that she couldn’t stop picturing co-star Jamie Dornan naked.

    Although Dornan, who will be appearing as Christian Grey in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey, said “no” to full-frontal nudity in the erotic/romantic drama film, that didn’t stop Anderson’s imagination.

    “I could only see him naked from the moment he walked in,” she joked to the BBC. “It was really distracting.”

    The Fall follows Anderson as detective Stella Gibson on the hunt for Paul Spector (Dornan), a serial killer. Although the first season the two only had a few scenes together, mainly by phone, Dornan said that he and Anderson’s chemistry was undeniable.

    “I think that it’s so clever. The fact that there is such chemistry and it’s done through any lack of physical contact,” he said. “It’s just down to great writing, very smartly crafted.”

    Given the seriousness of the show, Dornan was appreciative of the lightness of the cast and crew during filming.

    “On a general level it’s a pretty fun set. It’s the same crew as the first series. So we are like a big family,” the 32-year-old said.

    “I’d love to be known as a prankster but no,” he added. “I’m not hiding stuff in Gillian’s trailer or anything like that.”

    Anderson, known for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the 1990s television series The X-Files, has played her fair share of powerful women including Hannibal Lecter’s therapist Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on NBC’s Hannibal, set to return for a third season next year.

    “[Du Maurier} is a very complicated character that we are still learning about what her modus operandi is and where she stands in all of it, but I wouldn’t necessarily use her as an example [of a strong female character],” Anderson said with a laugh.

    As far as Dornan goes, Anderson is unsure of how his role in Grey will turn out, partially nude or not.

    “The movie hasn’t even come out – he might suck,” Anderson joked.

    Fifty Shades of Grey will be released in the U.S. on February 13, 2015.

    The second season of The Fall began Thursday, November 13 on BBC One.

  • Gillian Anderson Talks Nude Jamie Dornan and Possible X-Files Sequel

    Fifty Shades of Grey fans aren’t the only ones who can’t stop thinking about Jamie Dornan naked. His co-stars cannot either.

    Gillian Anderson and Dornan star in The Fall, where they play a detective and a serial killer, respectively. On Thursday, The Fall premiered its second season on BBC2. During The Fall promotional tour, Anderson discussed some of the fans’ most pressing questions and spoke about working with Dornan.

    Season 1 of The Fall had no face-to-face interaction between its leads. Anderson and Dornan’s only scenes together involved phone conversations. The Fall season 2 finally transitions their characters from on the phone conversations to in-person ones. So Anderson shared her thoughts on Dornan’s acting and demeanor.

    “Jamie’s a great guy, really grounded and funny and personable and lovely to everybody and works very hard. He gets an opportunity in the second season to show how good an actor he is. I think that was an effort on (writer-director Allan Cubitt’s) part to create some meatier stuff,” Anderson told the Canadian Press.

    Besides admiring his talents, Anderson did admit his upcoming gig as Christian Grey has tainted her thoughts about the actor. “I could only see him naked from the moment he walked in. It was really distracting,” she jokingly said.

    — BBC Two (@BBCTwo) November 13, 2014

    Dornan won’t be doing a full-frontal nude scene in Fifty Shades of Grey. In his interview with the Guardian, he revealed that it’s in his contract for viewers not to see everything.

    — BBC Two (@BBCTwo) October 28, 2014

    Anderson also recently went on ITV’s This Morning to discuss The Fall. She left fans with a shocker: she still believes that “the truth is out there.”

    Post by The X-Files.
    When asked about whether the X-Files could return either in television or film form, she responded: "Yes, there is a possibility." She gave more explanation by saying, "There is always a possibility, it's always a matter of it actually happening - and there's a lot that needs to happen between the idea and actually turning up on set, and I don't unfortunately have any control over that. But would I do it? I would, yes."
    Post by The X-Files.
    The Fall's second season makes its US debut on January 16 on Netflix.

  • ‘The Fall’ Season 2 Gets Netflix Release Date

    ‘The Fall’ Season 2 Gets Netflix Release Date

    Last year, Netflix acquired U.S. streaming rights to BBC crime drama The Fall, which stars Gillian Anderson of The X Files fame. Now, the second season has a Netflix release date.

    According to Variety, the streaming heavyweight has picked the second season up, and will debut it on January 16, 2015. This comes through a deal with Endemol, and Netflix will have it exclusively in the U.S. and Latin America.

    While The Fall has been on Netflix for over a year, it was only recently branded with the “Netflix Original” banner in the user interface.

    The show description is as follows:

    When the Belfast police are stalled in their investigation of a spate of murders, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson is drafted to investigate.

    Image via Netflix

  • Gillian Anderson Coy About New X-Files Movie; Hints Long Delay

    X-files fans want to know if there are any more outings between Mulder and Scully left in the chamber. So when Anderson did a Reddit AMA recently, the question got fired out as dependably as asking Hillary Clinton if she’s running for President or asking Robert Plant if Led Zeppelin is getting back together.

    But Anderson gave the question a feint.

    “Uh….uh… uh… Sorta kinda. Keep your ears to the ground,” was all she would say. But even that brought rounds of “I want to believe” responses.

    A few days later, Anderson was at the New York Comic-Con, doing the usual X-files fan meet-and-greet sessions and panels. X-Files News got an exclusive interview with her and asked several questions about projects she’s worked on and where she’s going next. Specifically, she was asked about playing Blanche Du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

    Anderson’s performances of Streetcar sold out a run at the famous Young Vic theatre in London, and were broadcast live worldwide by the National Theatre. Anderson was asked what she wanted to do next, what character she wanted to play after Blanche.

    “I can’t really think about ’next’ yet because I don’t feel like I’m finished with Streetcar. I’m very interested in bringing it back in some capacity. And also, knowing myself and knowing that it’ll be another three years or so before I do something else, I’ve got some time to think about it.”

    One thing that Anderson has done further with Streetcar is a film short with the Young Vic entitled The Departure. The short can be considered a prequel to the events of Streetcar.

    “The Departure imagines the circumstances leading up to Blanche arriving at her sister’s house in New Orleans,” explained Anderson, “a sort of prequel to Tennessee Williams’ great play. I am thrilled that, with the support of the Young Vic, [writer] Andrew [O’Hagan] and I have had the opportunity to delve further into the life of this iconic character and create something which can be seen by audiences across the globe.”

    If Anderson is considering an extension of her time with Streetcar, plus promotion of her new novel “A Vision of Fire”, and a three-year hiatus to follow that, it could be a long time before Scully makes another appearance.

  • Gillian Anderson Begs to Be a Ghostbuster, Hints at New X-Files Movie

    Gillian Anderson Begs to Be a Ghostbuster, Hints at New X-Files Movie

    Gillian Anderson is a nerd-boy fave. Most of those nerd-boys are now grown up, even if they are still living at home. But when Anderson dropped in to do a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), the fan base turned out in droves.

    When asked about any recent news regarding a possible upcoming X-Files movie, Anderson was coy.

    “Uh….uh… uh… Sorta kinda. Keep your ears to the ground.”

    That was enough to elicit loads of “I want to believe” responses.

    Anderson was also asked, “Are you aware of Kumail Nanjiani’s podcast “The X-Files Files”? Have they tried to get you to do an episode?”

    She was all about it.

    “I wanna do it! I just heard about this yesterday and it sounds awesome.”

    But the most fun happened when she was asked about the idea of an all-female Ghostbusters project. Paul Feig has announced that he will do the project with a female cast. Bill Murray has offered up his picks for the women: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Linda Cardellini and Emma Stone.

    But Anderson wants in.

    “OH MY GOD, I just looked it up online. Paul Feig, cast me now! Start a Twitter petition! I’m free!!!!! I’m free I’m free and I’m funny, goddamnit!”

    Someone even floated the idea that there could be crossover potential between the X-Files universe and Ghostbusters.

    “It would be kind of cool if she got to play Dana Scully in an alternate reality where she was forced out of the FBI for her work in the X-Files and ended up as a ghostbuster struggling to make ends meet.”

    But does Anderson herself believe?

    One commenter asked, “Have you ever had a real life X-file moment? Or thought you did?”

    “I’ve definitely felt other spirits,” Anderson responded. “I’m quite sensitive to it. And yes. But it’s not something you can really talk about with too many people, especially not me.”

    Anderson also revealed to the Reddit crowd that she is slightly agoraphobic, likes pea and ham soup, loves Reuben sandwiches, has not quite finished watching Breaking Bad yet, and drinks Americanos at Starbucks.

    Anderson was on the AMA chiefly to plug her new novel “A Vision of Fire”, written with Jeff Rovin. But she played the game right and answered plenty of fan questions rather than just sticking to her book.

  • Gillian Anderson in ‘Streetcar’ to Hit Theaters Next Week

    Gillian Anderson made a name for herself as the foil to David Duchovny’s conspiracy-minded FBI agent in the sci-fi series The X-Files, but the actress got her start in theater. Throughout her career Anderson has appeared on stage in productions in New York, Los Angeles, and London.

    Now Anderson has taken on her biggest stage role yet. She is currently depicting main character Blanche DuBois in a London production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire directed by Benedict Andrews. The plays run ends next week, but even those who can’t make it to London in the next week will get a chance to see the 46-year-old Anderson’s Blanche shed her pretentious veneer.

    Fathom Events and National Theatre Live will be broadcasting the play live on movie screens throughout the world. The event will take place next week, on September 16. The showings will last for three hours, including one intermission.

    Ben Foster co-stars with Anderson as Stanley, Blanche’s brother-in-law and rival. Foster first made waves as an awkward bisexual artist in the HBO show Six Feet Under. From there he gained larger roles in movies such as X-Men: The Last Stand, 3:10 To Yuma, and 30 Days of Night. More recently he portrayed William Burroughs in last year’s Kill Your Darlings.

    Vanessa Kirby rounds out the cast as Blanche’s sister Stella. Kirby might be best-known outside of her stage work for appearances in movies such as About Time and Queen and Country

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    This particular production of A Streetcar Named Desire is set in present-day New Orleans. Reviews of the play have been good and reveal that Andrews has used a continuously revolving stage to give audience members a shifting perspective on events. The Guardian’s review in particular singled out Anderson as “utterly compelling.”

  • Gillian Anderson Releases Excerpt From New Book

    Add published author to Gillian Anderson’s resume. The X-Files actress has just released an excerpt from her new science-fiction book A Vision of Fire. Anderson wrote the book with New York Times bestselling author Jeff Rovin.

    Here’s the synopsis for the book:

    Renowned child psychologist Caitlin O’Hara is a single mom trying to juggle her job, her son, and a lackluster dating life. Her world is suddenly upturned when Maanik, the daughter of India’s ambassador to the United Nations, starts speaking in tongues and having violent visions. Caitlin is sure that her fits have something to do with the recent assassination attempt on her father—a shooting that has escalated nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan to dangerous levels—but when teenagers around the world start having similar outbursts, Caitlin begins to think that there’s a more sinister force at work.

    In Haiti, a student claws at her throat, drowning on dry land. In Iran, a boy suddenly and inexplicably sets himself on fire. Animals, too, are acting irrationally, from rats in New York City to birds in South America to ordinary house pets. With Asia on the cusp of nuclear war, Caitlin must race across the globe to uncover the mystical links among these seemingly unrelated incidents in order to save her patient—and perhaps the world.

    Anderson wanted to create a protagonist that she could relate to, “I wanted a very strong female character, around my age. I would want to read something like that and I think other women would like to read.”

    You will have to wait until October to read A Vision of Fire. However, readers can see a sample of the work on the Simon451 Fall 2014 Preview Sampler. The Sampler can be accessed via Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple iBookstore, Amazon Kindle, and the Google Play Store.

    Anderson and X-Files co-star David Duchovny recently sparked rumors during a Reddit AMA forum that another X-Files movie was possibly in the works. Duchovny stated, “I think Chris (creator Chris Carter) is working on a script. Chris is shooting a pilot right now, so he might not be working on a script, but he claims to be working on a script, and if he does do that and Fox wants to make it … Gillian will do it, I will do it, so start your writing campaign now. Seriously. We’d all love to do it. The ball is in Fox’s hands. And not Fox Mulder, Fox the studio.”

    Anderson is currently starring as Blanche DuBois in Young Vic’s production of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire.

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  • Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny Dating Rumors True or Just Wishful Thinking?

    Few who witnessed the chemistry between David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson on the X-Files can deny the idea of the alien-fighting duo getting together hasn’t crossed their minds now that Duchovny’s divorce from Téa Leoni is final.

    But are rumors of them together now true?

    Duchovny and Leoni have been on-again, off-again for the last six years. The couple were married in 1997 but split amidst Duchovny’s sexual addiction struggles that led the Aquarius actor to enter rehab in 2008.

    They reunited, split again in 2011 and finally divorced quietly in June.

    Immediately following the divorce, rumors emerged that Duchovny, 54, and Anderson, 46, were dating, but Duchovny denied the two were involved.

    Neither Duchovny nor Anderson has confirmed any romantic ties, but witnesses allegedly saw Anderson leaving Duchovny’s apartment a few weeks ago.

    Anderson has conceded that the alien-fighting co-stars have thought about a relationship, but any opportunity to unite may have slipped away.

    “Well now that it is over I can tell you… No. It’s a nice idea, but it’s not going to happen,” Anderson told HuffPostLive. “I think we know each other too well, we know each other better than our spouses at any time when we may have had spouses. There is an attraction… maybe even more than a [friend] attraction… but anyways.”

    Anderson herself is very quick to open up about her private life. In March, she revealed that she is bi-sexual, but has denied anything more than a great friendship between herself and the Californication star.

    Duchovny and his ex-wife will share legal custody of their 12-year-old son, Kyd Miller, and 15-year-old daughter, Madelaine West, although they will reside with the 48-year-old actress. Duchovny’s financial responsibiliies include $40K per month in spousal support and more than $8K per month in child support, as well as other expenses including summer camp, private school and college.

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  • Gillian Anderson’s ‘Streetcar’ to be Broadcast Live

    Gillian Anderson’s ‘Streetcar’ to be Broadcast Live

    The rendition of Tennessee Williams’ celebrated play A Streetcar Named Desire starring Gillian Anderson as iconic character Blanche Dubois will be broadcast live worldwide on September 16th.

    The play, also starring American actor Ben Foster as Stanley Kowalski, is the fastest-selling ticket in the history of the Young Vic Theater.

    The NT Live program from the National Theatre is handling the September broadcast, which will air at 7 p.m. UK time (2 p.m. EDT).

    Commenting on the play, Anderson said, “I’ve never seen a production where I felt I was a fly on the wall in New Orleans and I felt that that version of it would not only be exciting to perform, but the version that I’d want to see. I’d want to sit in that room and be hot and sweaty with the actors. And after I’d had that idea there was no changing my mind… I have completely fallen in love with Blanche and I was unprepared for that.”

    A Streetcar Named Desire was penned by Williams in 1947, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December, 1947, and ran until December, 1949. The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden. The film version was directed by Kazan and starred Brando and Vivien Leigh.

    Here is the 1951 Streetcar trailer:

    Foster called the Young Vic production “a thrill. It’s very scary in the best way. There’s nowhere to hide.” The Lone Survivor actor added, “We’ve turned film into such an industry that we pursue naturalism just by shaking the camera, and cutting the film to ribbons to provoke a bogus sense of documentary. But we haven’t done the homework. To push the depth that the Actor’s Studio did or the Russian theatres did with their actors, is to rehearse, to spend time, to dig, to excavate. And that is what we are doing.”

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  • Gillian Anderson Is Writing a Sci-Fi Trilogy

    Publisher Simon & Schuster has just announced a new science fiction endeavor, an imprint called Simon451 (a clear homage to Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451) – and one of the first authors to sign on to the new division is none other than Agent Scully herself.

    Gillian Anderson is set to pen one of Simon451’s inaugural titles – A Vision of Fire – which is actually part of a scheduled trilogy. A Vision of Fire is the first book in the EarthEnd Saga, which Anderson is writing with co-author Jeff Rovin.

    That book, and a few other launch titles are expected to hit in October of this year.

    “This is a very exciting endeavor, and I’m thrilled that Simon and Schuster has taken us under their wing,” says Anderson. “Together, we will make the most of what I hope will be a compelling series of adventures.”

    According to Entertainment Weekly, A Vision of Fire “centers on Caitlin O’Hara, a world-traveling child psychiatrist who specializes in treating kids who’ve suffered trauma from natural disasters and war.”

    Gillian Anderson is of course best known for the role of Agent Dana Scully on the long-running sci-fi series The X-Files. You can also catch her on the excellent BBC series The Fall, which is currently available to stream, in its entirety, on Netflix.

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  • Gillian Anderson Poses Nude For Animal Awareness

    X Files star, Gillian Anderson, is in full support of the Fishlove campaign. To show her support and raise awareness, she posed nude with only an eel wrapped around her neck to cover her breasts. The campaign is dedicated to helping raise awareness of the collapsing fish stocks in the deep British waters.

    “Amazing animals that live in the deep ocean are being systematically destroyed by massive fishing nets that catch or crush everything in their path,” the petition reads. “But in days, the European Parliament could vote to protect one of the world’s most precious deep-sea habitats – and we need to give them the public mandate to do it.”

    “We urge you to phase out the most destructive fishing practices in the Northeast Atlantic, especially deep-sea bottom trawling, and hope that members of your party will vote for the urgently needed protection of vulnerable deep-sea species and habitats,” the petition continues. “This is your legacy. Please ensure that these measures are adopted and protect one of the most fragile and biologically diverse areas of the planet before it’s too late.”

    Anderson is not the only celebrity to take part in the campaign. Actress, Olivia Williams, and rapper, Goldie, also posed nude with sea creatures to help raise awareness.

    The petition currently has 13,887 signatures. “On December 10th Members of the European Parliament can vote to ban the most destructive forms of deep-sea fishing in the Northeast Atlantic,” the petition says. The campaign is hoping to have 20,000 signatures before Parliament votes.

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