The X Files stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson had a candid conversation on Duchovny‘s Fail Better podcast in which they acknowledged they wouldn’t “speak to each other for weeks at a time” while filming the original cult favorite show. “There was a lot of tension, which didn’t matter, apparently, for the work, because we’re both f---ing crazy, I guess,” Duchovny said. Anderson agreed, “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.” Ultimately Duchovny claimed responsibility for his “failure of companionship” and for creating several “dysfunctional” moments in their relationship over the years. They also cleared the air about Anderson’s fight for pay equity for the first three years of the show. “Selfishly, back then, I thought I was like being attacked,” Duchovny said, as Anderson spoke up about receiving less pay than him. Anderson replied, “Oh really, I didn’t know that. I’m sorry. That’s interesting that I wasn’t paying attention to that side of it.”
