David Duchovny says X-Files creator proposed he attend couples therapy with Gillian Anderson after tension

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson's tense working relationship on the set of X-Files prompted the show creator to suggest the two attend couples therapy. 'I think we were kind of butting heads so early on in the first season that Chris asked us if we would go into fake couples therapy,' Duchovny, 64, who played the role of Fox Mulder on the sci-fi series opposite Anderson's Dana Scully, said. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson's tense working relationship on the set of X-Files prompted the show creator to suggest the two attend couples therapy; the duo pictured season one For Duchovny, the epitome of their 'dysfunctional' relationship involved a flight the duo took together the day after an Emmys ceremony. David played the role of Fox Mulder on the sci-fi series opposite Anderson's Dana Scully Anderson and Duchovny on season 10 of X-Files It 'didn't matter, apparently, for the work cause we're both f***ing crazy, I guess - we could just go out there and do what we needed to do,' Duchovny said.