Gillian Anderson

So it started where I was brought a script and I'd been in the process of producing something myself that I couldn't get there. I was really, really struggling with the writers and the other producers to get the script to where it needed to be. And then this script landed in my lap and it was like, now that is, that is writing. And it was so spare, you know?

It was just, it was like, and I've spoken about this before, it felt like, When I was reading it, my experience of the character, it almost, despite the fact that it was so spare, it felt like my fusion with her was almost alchemic.

It was just, it was like, and I've spoken about this before, it felt like, When I was reading it, my experience of the character, it almost, despite the fact that it was so spare, it felt like my fusion with her was almost alchemic.

It was just, it was like, and I've spoken about this before, it felt like, When I was reading it, my experience of the character, it almost, despite the fact that it was so spare, it felt like my fusion with her was almost alchemic.

And because there wasn't a lot to go on in a typical American way of reading a script where it's all, you know, all the descriptions are in the directives in between where you get so much information you feel like, you're slightly treated like an idiot, but this was really a beautifully, beautifully spare, and yet you just got who she was, what the world was, who the different voices were in it.

And because there wasn't a lot to go on in a typical American way of reading a script where it's all, you know, all the descriptions are in the directives in between where you get so much information you feel like, you're slightly treated like an idiot, but this was really a beautifully, beautifully spare, and yet you just got who she was, what the world was, who the different voices were in it.

And because there wasn't a lot to go on in a typical American way of reading a script where it's all, you know, all the descriptions are in the directives in between where you get so much information you feel like, you're slightly treated like an idiot, but this was really a beautifully, beautifully spare, and yet you just got who she was, what the world was, who the different voices were in it.

And it was, so it was really special. And, you know, I met them and, you know, the producers and the director, and it was a fantastic experience. You know, I'd just come off of, I don't know which... version of which Hollywood thing I had just finished doing. But all of a sudden I was in Belfast shooting this little series and it was a real collaboration.

And it was, so it was really special. And, you know, I met them and, you know, the producers and the director, and it was a fantastic experience. You know, I'd just come off of, I don't know which... version of which Hollywood thing I had just finished doing. But all of a sudden I was in Belfast shooting this little series and it was a real collaboration.

And it was, so it was really special. And, you know, I met them and, you know, the producers and the director, and it was a fantastic experience. You know, I'd just come off of, I don't know which... version of which Hollywood thing I had just finished doing. But all of a sudden I was in Belfast shooting this little series and it was a real collaboration.

You know, it was, I went from being on something where I was so detached and so not part of the creative process to all of a sudden being with these guys in Belfast and really immersed and in the conversation and, you know, in the end got to make notes on the edit and all that kind of stuff. So it was the first time that I was being allowed into that part of it.

You know, it was, I went from being on something where I was so detached and so not part of the creative process to all of a sudden being with these guys in Belfast and really immersed and in the conversation and, you know, in the end got to make notes on the edit and all that kind of stuff. So it was the first time that I was being allowed into that part of it.

You know, it was, I went from being on something where I was so detached and so not part of the creative process to all of a sudden being with these guys in Belfast and really immersed and in the conversation and, you know, in the end got to make notes on the edit and all that kind of stuff. So it was the first time that I was being allowed into that part of it.

And, you know, if I wanted to go back to London, you know, it was a matter of texting the travel coordinator as opposed to sending an email to somebody at Fox and a month later they tell you that, yes, or you... you can and cannot take that flight. So it felt like the whole experience of it was like, this is the real thing, you know?

And, you know, if I wanted to go back to London, you know, it was a matter of texting the travel coordinator as opposed to sending an email to somebody at Fox and a month later they tell you that, yes, or you... you can and cannot take that flight. So it felt like the whole experience of it was like, this is the real thing, you know?

And, you know, if I wanted to go back to London, you know, it was a matter of texting the travel coordinator as opposed to sending an email to somebody at Fox and a month later they tell you that, yes, or you... you can and cannot take that flight. So it felt like the whole experience of it was like, this is the real thing, you know?

This is what I want to do. And, you know, she was an extraordinary character. I felt from the... Before it aired, when I started to do press, I remember saying to the press who hadn't really seen it yet, you know, they do or they don't watch the screeners that they're sent, and I kept thinking... She's really good for women. Like, she needs to be out there.

This is what I want to do. And, you know, she was an extraordinary character. I felt from the... Before it aired, when I started to do press, I remember saying to the press who hadn't really seen it yet, you know, they do or they don't watch the screeners that they're sent, and I kept thinking... She's really good for women. Like, she needs to be out there.

This is what I want to do. And, you know, she was an extraordinary character. I felt from the... Before it aired, when I started to do press, I remember saying to the press who hadn't really seen it yet, you know, they do or they don't watch the screeners that they're sent, and I kept thinking... She's really good for women. Like, she needs to be out there.

There's something about her, I think, that is going to be incredibly empowering for women. And I don't think we've seen someone like her before on the screens.