Fan Expo events can be a real tossed salad and scrambled eggs for Gillian Anderson. Heading into her appearance at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto (Sept.
3-6).
With Fox bringing back The X-Files as a limited series (six episodes,
debuting on Jan. 24, 2016), Anderson is sure to cause quite a stir at
Fan Expo Canada. Anderson, of course, plays Dana Scully, alongside David
Duchovny's Fox Mulder.
So why previously was it never the right time to revive The X-Files – which aired originally from 1993 to 2002 – but now it is?
“We were so focused on the idea that we would do a film, and also,
until recently, doing a TV drama meant you were committing to between 20
and 24 episodes,” Anderson explained. “That was just not going to
happen, for either David or I. Only in the last few years has it become acceptable for networks to
do short stack (short seasons). That was our in. It took some convincing
for me, but it was the right time for all of us, I think.”
Anderson said it didn't take long for the subtle chemistry – my term, not hers – between herself and Duchovny to re-emerge.
“Chris Carter was very clever in casting us, in that there's energy
that exists just when David and I are standing in a room together,”
Anderson said. “What was interesting, I guess, is the writers completely
(capitalized) on that, and drew out that reality as long as they
possibly could. It was to the point where the tiniest touch of the hand in season
five would make people freak out. So I don't know how subtle that is,
given that it was so manipulated.”
Full interview: Toronto Sun