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

LOADING ERROR LOADING The 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 and Dana Scully 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. 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.” 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. The “Californication” star said the incident occurred the day after “some Emmys,” and that he’d offered to give Anderson a lift to Vancouver on a private jet. “I just remember ― I mean, our hours.” Duchovny recalled that due to the show’s schedule, the two were both suffering from “sleep deprivation,” which he acknowledged must have been difficult for Anderson because she was pregnant early on in the show’s run.