Gillian Anderson Tired Of Being Portrayed As X-Bad Girl
Writes a blog about how the media has been treating her
If some fans were to go by the entertainment media, they would think that Gillian Anderson looks back at her days on "The X-Files" as the worst experience anyone can ever have. But fans shouldn't go by the entertainment media, Anderson recently said in a blog post meant to finally right the ship on her feelings about the show.
Anderson posted on her official Web site that she has not been given a fair shake when it comes time to talk about "The X-Files," both past and future. While the days were grueling, and she never worked as hard as she did on "The X-Files," the show remains one of the major highlights of her career, Anderson said.
"What usually happens is that they ask about the long hours ... I say, 'Yes, they were long.' They say, 'But you have said that at times it was a living hell,' and I say, 'Yes, at times it was. It was insane, and long and wet and all that, but there were good times, too,'" Anderson wrote. "So the dilemma, do I go on explaining the X-F contract/salary details -- as if [the reporter] really cares -- all the while injecting positive quips about the show and how grateful I am, or do I cut it short because I really don't want to be in this conversation yet again even though I know that no matter how nicely I request the end, it will -- especially in this situation -- be contorted to fit the snippy mood of the journalist. None of this has much of anything to do with my experience on the series, let alone me as a person."
Anderson said the series went on a lot longer than anyone expected it would, and that there were times when she hated the show, and when she loved it. However, in terms of regretting ever do the show, Anderson said "not for a second."
"Did David [Duchovny] and I hate each other? At times, yes, like any brother and sister, husband and wife, co-worker and co-worker forced to spend that much time together under such strenuous circumstances," Anderson said. "Do we hate each other now? Not in the least."
Anderson ended what was definitely a frustrated blog with a bit of humor, showing that she is more than interested in taking up another X-Files film nearly 10 years after the last one.
"Do I imagine that when we do the film together, we won't hate each other for a few hours during the filming? No. We will. Vehemently," Anderson said. "As David waits patiently, again and again, for the hair dryer to calm my frizzy hair between takes so it matches the beginning of the scene, he will undoubtedly be thinking, 'What the hell was I thinking agreeing to shoot with her fucking frizzy hair again?
"But we will also love each other and laugh with each other and pull pranks on each other and bug each other like we did for nine years. And that's that."
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