At the microphone of his podcast Fail BetterDavid Duchovny received his former partner Gillian Anderson, the unforgettable Dana Scully of X-Files. The opportunity for them to confide in their relationships and in particular how they could go weeks without saying a single word to each other on the set of the cult series.
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson became known to the general public in the early 1990s when they took on the role of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in X-Filesavailable in full on Disney+ et Prime Video. Years after their first steps in the series, they met again during the podcast Fail Better hosted by the American actor. The opportunity for them to look back on the bonds they formed on the set of the science fiction series. Although they knew each other for several years, David Duchovny admitted that they did not really know each other. “I don’t think we’ve ever sat down and asked ourselves: ‘Hey, what was your childhood like?'” he said on his podcast. What the actress The Crown replied: “We never did it. And why would we? We were busy.”
Coldly, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson did not speak to each other for weeks on the set of X-Files
If the chemistry between David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson was palpable on screen, the reality was quite different once the cameras were turned off. “There was a point where we didn’t even have any contact outside of the cameras. And there was a lot of tension. Which apparently didn’t matter for work, because we’re both completely crazy. We could just go out and do what we had to do“, remembered the interpreter of Fox Mulder. And Gillian Anderson added: “It’s crazy that we were able to present on camera the different feelings, emotions, attraction and all that kind of stuff, but then not talk to each other for weeks.” The actor then admitted that he could have managed his relationship better with his former partner. “We went through a pretty crazy process with this show. I was pretty inexperienced. You were really inexperienced. And all of a sudden… It became a worldwide phenomenon before the Internet. And it was a rush as we was trying to figure out who we were.”
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson maintain a good relationship despite the tensions that arose on the set of X-Files
Despite the tensions, the two actors remained on very good terms. During an interview with the magazine PeopleDavid Duchovny revealed that he considers Gillian Anderson a member of his family. “When you share a defining experience in your life, this huge success that we had with the show, only we know what it’s like to be at the center of it all. It’s almost like being in the same family. We know what it was like to be raised in that era. There’s a certain type of shared experience, knowledge and past that never goes away.”
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