GILLIAN Anderson found fame as a sceptical alien hunter on the X-Files but her discovery of period drama, and small indie film roles have brought her real contentment. When Gillian Anderson arrives for our interview she has to take a moment before we begin. She’s moving house tomorrow and looks distinctly discombobulated. “I just need to put my mind in the zone,” she says with a polite smile. “Too many things going on.” She rests her face in her hands for a few seconds while she composes herself, takes a breath and switches on. Moving house is a stressful busines ... [Continua a leggere]

Al RomaFictionFest abbiamo assistito all'anteprima della miniserie della BBC "Great Expectations", voluta per celebrare il bicentenario della nascita di Charles Dickens. Pubblicato nel 1860-61, "Grandi Speranze" è considerato uno dei suoi romanzi più sofisticati e popolari, e Miss Havisham è senza dubbio il più complesso fra i personaggi: una nobile donna che, dopo essere stata abbandonata dal promesso sposo il giorno delle nozze, decide di lasciare la sua casa immutata da quel momento, fermando tutti gli orologi e non togliendosi mai più l'abito da sposa. Un ... [Continua a leggere]

Agent Mulder is going to drop his jaw when he sees Scully, aka actress Gillian Anderson, in this ultra-sexy gown. Anderson, 44, snaked onto the red carpet for the "Great Expectations" premiere during the 2012 RomaFictionFest in Rome, Italy, in a long black frock with green and orange stripes around the neckline, paired with a simple black clutch and practically no jewelry. The actress, who recently split from her partner Mark Griffiths, has been rumored to be cozying up to her old "X-Files" co-star David Duchovny. She's also been launching a career comeback, appearing in BBC miniseries and i ... [Continua a leggere]

“Piercing, orecchini, catene e avevo perfino la cresta punk”. Per anni l'abbiamo vista in tailleur pronta a dare la caccia agli alieni, ma c'è stato un tempo in cui Gillian Anderson sfoggiava tutt'altra mise. Ne parliamo con lei nel giorno in cui il suo Great Expectations (miniserie BBC che adatta il capolavoro Grandi speranze di Dickens) viene presentato al RomaFictionFest. Ma torniamo a qualche ora prima, quando un gruppo di giornalisti esce dall'incontro con la Anderson con uno strano muso lungo e in chiaro disappunto. “Non aspettarti un'attrice disponibile e pront ... [Continua a leggere]

E' forse l'ospite più atteso ed importante della VI edizione del RomaFictionFest, l'interprete dell'immortale Dana Scully di X-Files, ma a Roma per la presentazione della miniserie Great Expectations nell'ambito della giornata dedicata dalla kermesse romana all'inglese BBC, che ha coprodotto questo nuovo adattamento da Charles Dickens. Ma soprattutto per ritirare l'Excellence Award che il festival ha voluto assegnarle per la sua brillante carriera. Gillian Anderson, un ospite più che gradito, che abbiamo avuto il privilegio di intervistare per farci raccontare la sua Miss Havisha ... [Continua a leggere]

Gillian Anderson is back at work investigating things on TV! This time, she's got a British accent, blonde hair and better fitting clothing (sorry, "X-Files") and she's teaming up with "The Good Wife's" Archie Panjabi for "The Fall." "The Fall" is the "X-Files," "The Good Wife" and "Once Upon a Time" crossover you dreamed about ... sort of. Anderson stars as Stella Gibson in "The Fall," a BBC2 drama about a serial killer and the investigator brought in to take him down, which also stars Panjabi and "Once Upon a Time's" Jamie Dornan. Allan Cubitt wrote the series. "'The Fall' is a unique, fo ... [Continua a leggere]

It’s a frustrating business interviewing Gillian Anderson. She turns up bang on time and alone, no entourage. She’s intelligent, articulate and unexpectedly obliging: her agent had said a photo shoot was out of the question, but after our meeting Anderson gets in touch to say she’ll do one. In fact, I like her very much. All the same, she gives little away. In recent times she has made it clear to interviewers that she has no interest in talking about the phenomenally successful TV series that made her a household name, The X-Files. Fair enough: it’s 10 years sinc ... [Continua a leggere]

PBS's long-running Masterpiece franchise is suddenly cool again, thanks to Downton Abbey, Sherlock, and some new dusted-off Dickens adaptations, the most recent of which features a ravishing Miss Havisham, played by Gillian Anderson. The British-American* actress, much beloved by American audiences for her stint as Dana Scully on The X-Files, previously portrayed Lady Dedlock in Bleak House. Now, for Great Expectations, she's a white-haired wonder who wears her moldering old wedding dress as a reminder of the long-ago day she was jilted at the altar. This adaptation is a salute to the bicenten ... [Continua a leggere]

Gillian Anderson is no stranger to strange worlds. The former star of The X-Files, which became a worldwide hit and spawned two feature films, Anderson has, for now anyway, traded in Dana Scully’s FBI-issued handgun and severe suits for the tight-laced corsets and flowing frocks of such period dramas as Bleak House, The House of Mirth, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, The Crimson Petal and the White, Moby Dick, and Any Human Heart, in which she played a deliciously conniving Wallace Simpson, complete with a false nose. But it’s Anderson’s jaw-dropping turn as Miss Hav ... [Continua a leggere]

Dornan plays serial killer Paul Sector, who stalks his victims in and around Belfast. Anderson is talented Detective Superintendent Gibson on secondment from the Met, brought in to catch him. Produced by Artists Studio and written by Allan Cubitt (The Runaway, Murphy’s Law, Prime Suspect), the five episodes will follow the police investigation uncovering the intricate story of the lives entangled by a series of murders - both the killers’ and the victims’ families. Allan Cubitt says: “When I think of the great television drama from my formative years I think first and ... [Continua a leggere]

he Belfast-based thriller is led by former ‘X Files’ actress Gillian Anderson, with Jakob Verbruggen (Code 37) directing a script by Allan Cubitt (The Runaway, Murphy’s Law). Five episodes in total will be shot with shooting set to last 10 to 11 weeks in total. The series will be produced by UK production house Artists Studio. Stephen Wright will executive produce through BBC Northern Ireland, while the series is being funded from Northern Ireland Screen supported by Invest NI and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund. Set in Belfast, the psychologica ... [Continua a leggere]

Produced by Artists Studio and written by Allan Cubitt (The Runaway, Murphy’s Law, Prime Suspect), the five episodes will follow the police investigation uncovering the intricate story of the lives entangled by a series of murders – both the killer's and the victims’ families. Gillian Anderson stars as DSI Gibson, who arrives to conduct a 28 day review at a Belfast station where the police are getting nowhere on a high profile murder case. Further casting will be announced soon, with filming starting in Belfast next month. Allan Cubitt says: “When I think of the real ... [Continua a leggere]