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David Duchovny Details 'Failure' of Gillian Anderson Friendship

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson admitted that they weren’t as close as fans thought while filming ‘The X-Files’

“It’s crazy that we were able to present on camera the various feelings and emotions and attraction and all that kind of stuff, but then not speak to each other for weeks at a time,” she said, adding that she was often afraid of opening up behind the scenes. The X-Files star Gillian Anderson explained via a new TikTok video just why she kissed her costar David Duchovny before her then-boyfriend, Rodney Rowland, at the 1997 Emmy Awards. According to Duchovny, he and Anderson began “butting heads” so early on in the production of The X-Files that creator Chris Carter asked them to engage in what would best be described as couples therapy.

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