(I wanted to make a post to remind everyone about the AMA, but I'm on one of the bad LJ clusters and haven't been able to sign in to LJ until now. I'm using the mobile site to sign in and make this post.)

Did anyone catch Gillian Anderson's AMA on Reddit? When I first read that she was going to do an AMA, I inwardly cringed, but it turned out fantastically. I've read a lot of interviews and watched a few, too, and this was the most relaxed and happy she has sounded (I know this wasn't an interview, but similar). She was really appreciative of all the compliments. I'm glad people focused on her whole body of work, not just TXF (I think she liked that, too.)

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1egkr9/i_am_gillian_anderson_ama/

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Crappy cell phone pic I took

I just got back to my hotel from this event. It was a 3-episode screening of XF to celebrate the 20th anniversary, with a discussion with Chris Carter. However, as a surprise, Darin and Glen Morgan showed up too!

I am typing from my phone so please excuse formatting, I will edit later. If the pic shows up all huge I'm sorry, I will fix it tomorrow!

Highlights:

* When asked about possibility of XF3, CC basically said he hasn't had interest or talked to studio about one, but actors and writers are interested (honestly sounded bleak IMO). Someone yelled out "kickstarter!" And CC said "please don't do a kickstarter"
* CC said David Duchovny begged him to move the show from Vancouver to LA for years
* Darin said his fave ep is Beyond the Sea
* CC still doesn't believe how popular the show is/was
* CC doesn't see any similarities between XF and Lost besides the fact they both had a mythology. Says about shows now being influenced by XF - XF was influenced by shows before it too, its just the nature of the business
* Glen says some criticism of the show's worst eps is harsh because some episodes had to be written in like a night due to strict schedules
* Glen says idea for Squeeze was because network didn't want all the eps to be about aliens and they were in a tiny writers room and James Wong said "what if a killer could squeeze in through that air vent" and they ran with it

Side note, CC looked me directly in the eyes (I was only 3 rows back) and I almost fainted. He's a good looking man. My husband says CC made "bedroom eyes" at me, lolol

I submitted a Gillian Anderson post over on ONTD.

The Fall airdates were finally announced and a new trailer was released. I made a post over on ONTD.

Someone should make a Doodle Day post next week. I think they are still getting some doodles in. (I'm looking through them now and this one from Mark Snow made me laugh.)

Let's put the truth out there: Gillian Anderson has never looked better. Dressed all in black, in tight jeans and a polo-neck jumper, she wears her hair scraped back in a ponytail that shows off flawless skin and those famous cheekbones. You'd never believe she was 44.

She's relaxed, too, and instantly chatty, with no hint of the "spiky and serious" person she's claimed to be in the past. When she speaks - in the English accent she adopts on these shores - she's considered and thoughtful, but very aware of the clock and the minutes ticking away before she must leave to pick up her two youngest children from school.

Though Gillian Anderson will forever be associated with The X-Files, the paranormal drama series that ran from 1993 to 2002 and spawned two movie sequels, the role we're discussing over a coffee is DSI Stella Gibson in the new BBC2 drama The Fall. And Gillian reckons her character, who's called in to help investigate a string of murders in Belfast, is one of her favourite roles to date. From the lips of agent Dana Scully, that's a big statement.

( The Fall STILL has no premiere date? And Piper is 18!Collapse )

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The Hero Complex Film Festival is May 10-12 at the Chinese 6 Theatres in LA. On Sunday May 12 at 6pm, they will be screening three episodes of XF - Pilot, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose and Jose Chung's From Outer Space, followed by a live discussion with Chris Carter!

Tickets are $20 and you can purchase them at the event website: http://events.latimes.com/herocomplex/film-festival/.

I just bought tickets! I'm trying to convince my (non X-Phile) brother to come with me. Anyone else up for it? ;) I've never been to an XF event before, eeeeeee

Here's a promo for next week's episode of Hannibal, which includes a few seconds of Gillian Anderson. Warning: blood and killing.

Feel free to make one or multiple posts to ONTD with any and all of the below:

Great summary of Gillian Anderson's Emerald City Comicon appearance with some good quotes.

Third ‘X-Files’ movie in works, says Scully

Chris Carter to produce new XF: Season 10 comics
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--- Interview with writer

The movie David Duchovny has seen a million times

Did anyone catch the video for Gillian Anderson's recent con appearance before it was pulled on Youtube?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n1hXpW_WFk

Here's a clip of her answering a question about DD and Californication:


Also, a question: has Gillian Anderson discussed why she is doing comicon appearances recently? It just doesn't seem like something she would enjoy and not something she would need financially.

David Duchovny promotes Phantom, says he'll play Fox Mulder forever.