Movies
Gillian Anderson quits film for 'X Files'
Published Tuesday, Aug 21 2007, 18:30 BST | By Beth Hilton
Gillian Anderson has pulled out of a low-budget movie weeks before shooting started after discovering that it clashed with the new X Files film.
The actress has quit her starring role in Helen, a drama about a professor struggling with mental illness, reportedly throwing the future of the production into doubt.
Her spokesperson insisted that Anderson had been forced to make a difficult decision and wished the film's makers well.
Gillian, who recently starred in BBC One's Bleak House, played FBI agent Dana Scully in The X Files for nine years from 1993.
Despite previously claiming that she would not reprise the role, she told the Daily Express: "It was not something I longed for on a regular basis but as soon as we start talking about doing it again, I get very excited.
"A lot has happened in the past few years but we are excited by each other's company and I think it will be loads of fun."
The actress has quit her starring role in Helen, a drama about a professor struggling with mental illness, reportedly throwing the future of the production into doubt.
Her spokesperson insisted that Anderson had been forced to make a difficult decision and wished the film's makers well.
Gillian, who recently starred in BBC One's Bleak House, played FBI agent Dana Scully in The X Files for nine years from 1993.
Despite previously claiming that she would not reprise the role, she told the Daily Express: "It was not something I longed for on a regular basis but as soon as we start talking about doing it again, I get very excited.
"A lot has happened in the past few years but we are excited by each other's company and I think it will be loads of fun."
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