David Duchovny Recalls His And Gillian Anderson's Most Dysfunctional Moment

LOADINGERROR LOADINGThe truth is out there — at least when it comes to David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson’s once-contentious relationship.The former co-stars — who shot to fame in the 1990s by playing FBI agents Fox Mulder (Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Anderson) on the sci-fi hit “The X-Files” — recently reunited on Duchovny’s podcast, “Fail Better,” and Duchovny didn’t waste any time discussing the messier aspects of their dynamic.Advertisement “There was a long time, working on the show, where we were just not even dealing with one another off camera,” Duchovny recalled about six minutes into the episode, published Tuesday.

“And there was a lot of tension ― which didn’t matter, apparently, for the work, cause we’re both fucking crazy, I guess.We could just go out there and do what we needed to do.” David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson on a panel in 2016.Variety via Getty Images“That is kind of crazy,” Anderson agreed.

“I mean, it’s crazy that we were able to present on camera, you know, 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.” Although the two actors are friends now, the pair openly disliked one another during the initial run of “The X-Files” from 1993 to 2002.As noted by The Independent, Duchovny told Metro in 2008 that he and Anderson “couldn’t stand the sight of each other.” Anderson told The Guardian in 2015 that their relationship was “intense,” acknowledging that both parties were “pains in the arse” and “there were definitely periods when we hated each other.”Advertisement Perhaps with this in mind, it only took Duchovny 11 minutes into Tuesday’s podcast to tell Anderson that he had a specific memory “of the most dysfunctional we ever were,” and ask if she could guess which incident he was thinking of.Anderson and Duchovny hold their Golden Globes in the press room during the 54th Annua...