Gillian Anderson on the Next ‘X-Files’ Movie
FBI Special Agent Dana Scully Joins in the Media Buzz
If you’ve been wondering where petite actress Gillian Anderson went off to following the end of her seminal, long-running spooky series The X-Files in 2002, the answer is simple—she returned to England, the country she first called home for nine years as a child. During her stay, she has focused on distancing herself from the grueling demands of a television series, instead opting to contribute to ambitious but less time-consuming acting ventures like the award-winning, joint BBC-PBS mini-series adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1853 novel Bleak House and the forthcoming British thriller Straightheads. Try as she might, however, to put her X-Files experiences behind her, increasingly optimistic news about the highly anticipated sequel to the 1998 The X-Files: Fight the Future film has generated enough buzz that even Anderson can no longer avoid it.
In a recent Empire interview, the actress best known as tenacious and super smart FBI Special Agent Dana Scully admits, “They’re starting to talk about doing a feature again. Every year or two they talk about it again, but it seems like it might be for real this time. Somehow it seems like somebody’s really serious about it. I know that Chris’ lawsuit with Fox is over, so maybe now it can be done.” Chris Carter is the creator of The X-Files whose ongoing legal dispute with 20th Century Fox over royalties from syndication of the series was a huge factor in preventing any future films from getting made.
When pressed for concrete details about the plot of the movie, Anderson declines to reveal anything specific. She does verify, though, that fans who fashion themselves conspiracy nuts, thriving on the TV show’s frequently occurring themes about covert alien and government cover-ups, probably won’t have any of those familiar story lines to look forward to. “All Chris says is that he wants to make a really scary horror, like a stand-alone episode,” Anderson states. “I don’t think they’re interested in touching on any of the conspiracy stuff.”
Personally, I’ll take whatever Carter, Anderson, and the rest of the cast and crew decide to put together. I’m just thrilled the wait is finally on its way to being over and that David Duchovny, who played Scully’s partner FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder, is onboard, as well.
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The 8½-hour mini-series Bleak House returns to PBS for a repeat broadcast in four installments on Sundays, from April 22 through May 13 (check your local listings for exact dates and times)
Gillian Anderson photo courtesy of Steve Granitz/WireImage.com
