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David Duchovny reveals why The X-Files drove him and Gillian Anderson crazy

For nine years, 202 episodes and most of the 1990s, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigated paranormal phenomenon in The X-Files. To that list can be added unidentified flying objects, unexplained events, real-world monsters and a complex government conspiracy involving aliens and the abduction of Mulder's sister. By the time filming of the series finished in 2002, Duchovny says he and Anderson were a little crazy. "I think what happens is when you're doing a show like we did and there aren't that many of them, but you're talking about eight or nine years ... [Continua a leggere]

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When the long-running alien conspiracy drama The X Files ended in 2002 after nine years, its flame-haired star Gillian Anderson was at a professional crossroads. Her success on American TV, as the cool, adroit FBI special agent Dana Scully, made her a household name. Greater things should have followed. In the eyes of casting directors, however, she was a square peg in a city of round holes. "It is a particular dilemma," Anderson says. "With someone like Jennifer Aniston, who was on television for a long time playing a specific character, what she has to offer in Friends is easily translatable ... [Continua a leggere]

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