Then, almost unbelievably, she was only offered half of what Duchovny was offered to return for the 2016 revival.
In all seriousness, this wasn’t the first time that Gillian Anderson has spoken out about the treatment of women in showbiz, and it’s hard to blame her.
During the original run of The X-Files, she had to fight to be paid the same as David Duchovny, despite the fact that they pretty equally shared the workload for the first seven seasons.
Given that Anderson was the only one of the two to remain on the show as a regular for the first nine seasons, it’s absurd to think that she wasn’t given at least the same amount as Duchovny from the outset.