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Gillian Anderson

Actor, Dana Scully in The X-Files

u/gilliananderson ↗AMA only

How we know it's theirs

Her 2013 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 4 posts and 50 comments from u/gilliananderson, dated 2013 to 2014, most often in r/IAmA and r/funny.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Gillian Anderson - AMA!”

I know this is overdone and probably annoying by now, but thank you for being a role model to thousands of girls from all over the world. Literally Scully is the reason why I (and a plethora of friends) became scientists and constantly challenge society's gender roles. Only you…

u/gilliananderson replied

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First of all, I am so MOVED and touched by that little monologue. I just think that is awesome. Anytime that a woman stands in front of me and says that they (because of Scully) decided to become a forensic pathologist, or a scientist, my heart skips a beat. I just think it's the most awesome thing, and my favorite snack is always and forever chili chocolate.

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Gillian Anderson - AMA!”

Is it true that most of the time whilst filming the X-files, you were standing on boxes to match David's height?

u/gilliananderson replied

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Yes. In fact, in Vancouver they created something called "The Gilly-Board" which was a ramped apple box (what actors normally stand on to raise their height) so that I could be walking beside him and we could stand next to each other so that we would be approximately the same height. Apparently it still exists and is used for other productions, and is still called the Gilly-Board.

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “Gillian Anderson here. I've brought David Duchovny with me. Ask us anything, we'll answer almost everything.”

Some of the one-offs. Like the killer cats episodes. Todos los Bichos. They were domesticated killer cats.

u/gilliananderson replied

So there's a scene where Scully is attacked by a killer cat. So they had made up a cat on a stick that had moveable arms and legs, but I'm allergic to cats, so they made it out of rabbit…

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So there's a scene where Scully is attacked by a killer cat. So they had made up a cat on a stick that had moveable arms and legs, but I'm allergic to cats, so they made it out of rabbit fur instead. The fur kept coming off and sticking to my lipstick, and I was peeing my pants laughing. So we were either cutting because I couldn't keep a straight face, or we had to keep re-applying my lipstick because the fur kept sticking to my face.