„It’s Just So Stupid”. The Infamous Conflict on the Set of The X-Files Between Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny Occurred for an Insane Reason
A trivial reason divided the stars of The X-Files, leading to a conflict between them. Today, Gillian Anderson recalls it with a laugh.
The X-Files is an unforgettable sci-fi TV series that made television history. There have been as many as eleven seasons of this production, nine of which had about twenty episodes each. Only the last seasons were much shorter. The many episodes and seasons meant that the stars of The X-Files spent a lot of time together, which may have resulted in the building of a close relationship, but also led to some friction.
And so it was in the 1990s, when the infamous conflict between Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny took place. Despite the fact that they had to work closely together, at some point during the work on the series they quarreled with each other. For Anderson, the reason is now so comical that she can't talk about it without laughing. However, the host of The Jonathan Ross Show managed to draw out from her what was behind that conflict, which divided the beloved TV couple.
For a long while, I mean we worked you know, sixteen, seventeen hour days, nine months a year and five a half days a week. We were just, we were always together.
It’s just so stupid… I can’t talk about this without just laughing and laughing. It’s just so silly. Which is that, you know, it takes women a lot longer to get ready than it takes men because there’s a lot of… it’s very damp in Vancouver. So my hair gets frizzy. So we shoot in the rain all the time and then I’m a drowned rat. So we have to wait around for them to blow dry it and so there’s a lot of waiting.
Duchovny apparently didn't like the idea of constantly waiting for Anderson to be prepared to continue filming scenes. The situation was beyond her control, however, the actress had no control over what was happening to her hair through the humidity. Anderson confessed, however, that she understood Duchovny, realizing that such constant waiting could have been a nuisance for him.
