Gillian Anderson as Marilyn Monroe in American Gods: Lemon Scented You (2017).

“The way we were directed by the studios, I was to walk behind him, never side by side. I mean, that is fucking priceless when I think about it now. When we would get out the car and walk towards the house I would have to be behind him, even though I had equal dialogue.”

“I can only imagine that at the beginning, they wanted me to be the sidekick,” she said. “Or that, somehow, maybe it was enough of a change just to see a woman having this kind of intellectual repartee with a man on camera, and surely the audience couldn’t deal with actually seeing them walk side by side!” 

“I don’t know how long it lasted or if it changed because I eventually said, ‘Fuck no! No!’ I don’t remember somebody saying, ‘Okay, now you get to walk alongside him.’ But I imagine it had more to do with my intolerance and spunk than it being an allowance that was made.”

— Gillian Anderson.

Dana Scully in The X Files - The Jersey Devil (season 1 episode 5)

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny by George Lange 1996.

Gillian Anderson as Jean Milburn in Sex Education: 2x06.

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