InspectorGadget.jpg' alt='Watch Other People Online Hitfix' title='Watch Other People Online Hitfix' />A complete history of Gillian Anderson and David Duchovnys X Files feudIn September 1. X Files star Gillian Anderson took out full page ads in both The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety thanking the cast and crew of her mega hit FOX series after neglecting to mention creator Chris Carter, the shows writers and, most glaringly, co star David Duchovny during her acceptance speech at the Emmys earlier that week. Joel Cohen, Writer Toy Story. Joel Cohen is a writer and actor, known for Toy Story 1995, Evan Almighty 2007 and Cheaper by the Dozen 2003. HitFix constructs a history of David Duchovny and Gillian Andersons socalled feud on the set of FOXs recentlyrevived hit series The XFiles. Watch Hannibal Season 3 Episode 13 The Wrath of the Lamb online. SideReel features links to all your favorite TV shows. Watch Chapter Thirteen The Sweet Hereafter on TVGuide. See full shows episodes and clips of your favorite shows and celebrities. Mashable is a global, multiplatform media and entertainment company. Plot summary, cast and crew information, user reviews, and message board. The E Online rundown of the kerfuffle is particularly harsh in its assessment of the actress On Wednesday, Anderson bought full page adsto pay tribute, albeit belated, to the cast and crew of her Fox show. Thats right. The cast and crew. You know, the people she forgot andor declined andor ran out of time to thank on Sunday night when she picked up an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. I would like to sincerely thank Chris Carter, my dear friend and creator of The X Files, Andersons five sentence make good begins. The ad also offers a nod to her costar, David Duchovny. Your talent has always inspired mewithout your Mulder there would be no Scully, it reads. While there was no comment Thursday from Andersons camp as to the reason behind the print campaign, it has been reported that the 2. Emmy acceptance speech. The report goes on to relate how Anderson gushed effusively over presenter Helen Mirren and then turned her attention to her familya family, she says, that still treats her like a real human being and presumably not like the World Class Master Thespian she is. Aside from the snark, arguably the most telling part of the article comes in a short paragraph near the end, when the writer describes how the actresss attempt at self effacing humor was met with meek laughterand a stone faced reaction shot from Duchovny. Except when you watch the clip now, it quickly becomes apparent just how overblown Es description of the moment was. How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Stream 12. Before getting up to accept the award Anderson not only leans back to give Duchovny a kiss, but the actors so called stone faced reaction instead plays as, well, intent listening. While its impossible to know how Duchovny really felt or what hurt feelings, if any, went on behind the scenes, if nothing else the E And without the benefit of You. Tube, where we now have the capacity to judge and re judge these things for ourselves, its easy to understand how little it took for E Despite the presss unfair treatment of the situation at the time, like any long time co stars and certainly even more than many long time co stars Anderson and Duchovnys working relationship was clearly a complicated web spun from rigorous 1. Anderson was paid considerably less than Duchovny for several seasons of the original series, and initially offered half his salary for the revival and the inevitable personality clashes that arise between people forced into close quarters over a long period of time. Both Duchovny and Anderson have described the relationship as akin to a marriage, but perhaps its their alternative rendering of it as a brother sister dynamic thats more apt. Like siblings, actors dont normally have the luxury of choosing their co stars. In light of all the recent press surrounding the currently running X Files revival and attendant questions about Anderson and Duchovnys supposed feud stoked by multiple print stories in addition to one spectacularly awkward Jimmy Kimmel interview Ive delved into media reports since the show first began airing in 1. I can, a timeline of their so called clash on the series Vancouver and later Los Angeles set. In the Chris Nickson penned book The X Factor The Unauthorized Biography of X Files Superstar David Duchovny published in December of 1. We dont hang out. We are very wary of the fact that any moment the other can turn into a psychotic human being because of the demands that are put on us, the sixteen hour days. So I know when she is tired and irritable, and she knows the same about me. We have a great respect for the fine line the other is walking all the time. SourceJanuary 1. During his acceptance speech at the Golden Globes after winning Best Actor in a TV Series Drama, Duchovny thanks Anderson who had won Best Actress immediately prior and was standing just off stage for being the best co star anybody could have, after which cameras move to pick up a reaction shot from the actress. Its hard to know what, exactly, her expression was meant to convey, but an eye roll is detected. Anderson did not, for her part, similarly mention Duchovny during her moment in the spotlight. August 1. 99. 7 In an interview with the magazine Cult Times, Duchovny admits that while he doesnt socialize with Gillian, just because were working together all the time, he gets along with her despite the two having their moments. Sometimes we all just show up and go, Id rather be anywhere else but here, and Im going to make you suffer for it, he says. But then at other times Ill look at Gillian and think, Shes the only one that really knows what Im going through, and Im the only one that knows what shes going through. So theres a real bond there. SourcePhoto Credit Cult Times. Sometime in 1. 99. In an effort to crush rumors of an out and out feud, Duchovny tells the appropriately titled X Pos magazine that he and Anderson are forced to dealwith other peoples perceptions and trying to stoke rivalries between us that really have no place in the relationship that we have. Elsewhere in the interview, Duchovny says that he isnt a confidante of Andersons, while adding that if she needed help Id definitely be there but I dont think Id be the first person shed come to. SourceFebruary 1. A profile of Anderson in USA Weekend describes her rapport with Duchovny as symbiotic, if somewhat strained and reveals that the co stars retreat to separate trailers during shooting breaks. It also references the Emmy kerfuffle, noting that Anderson took out the trade ads thanking Duchovny and Carter under pressure. In reference to the controversy, Anderson responded cryptically Theres a lot of deception that takes place in this business, but I refuse to play the game. I wont lie to make someone feel better. She later concedes that it taught me another lesson in this business Just play by the rules. SourcePhoto Credit Gannett Company. June 1. 99. 8 In an interview with TNT Roughcut during the promotional tour for the first big screen X Files adventure Fight the Future, Duchovny addresses reports of friction with Anderson after the interviewer notes that the actress has alluded to the fact that you guys dont get along. Duchovny responds by trying to put himself in Andersons shoes, saying in part You know, you have a working relationship with somebody that, over a period of time, gets strained. Weve had five years together, very closely working together. I cant psychoanalyze Gillian, but I would say, she just wants people to know that shes a person with her own feelings, and thats one way for her to say that Im more than Scully. SourceIn another interview published on E Online the same month, Duchovny adds further context to the tension by suggesting that Andersons perfectionist nature occasionally leads to on set frustration. Shes a really hardworking actress. When youre tired and you want to move on, she stays in there, he says. She always tries to do it as well as she can, despite fatigue or lack of attention. And that can be pretty inspiringand pretty infuriating. SourceMarch 2. During the run of the shows seventh season Duchovnys last as a full time cast member, USA Weekend goes for a different spin by having Anderson and Duchovny interview one another. At one point the following exchange happens Heres one for you. How do you perceive our relationship Anderson asks. Its like the roots of a tree. Its very twisted, but its growing, responds Duchovny.