Gillian Anderson is best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the television series The X-Files and as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier in the hit NBC’s Hannibal series. Over the years, she has proved her versatility in acting.
As most of her projects were focused on serious themes, she does not get to do a lot of comedies, though she remains funny and iconic in many of her interviews. In fact, she usually shows her quirky side on television talks!
Gillian Anderson Would Buy Her Own BathWater
Appearing on The Graham Norton Show, actress Gillian Anderson had a fun chat with the host who prompted that she was on the list of celebrities who are most likely to drink their bath water, and both of them are quite high up on the list. Anderson responded:
“I know. I think I was number one. I was number one!”
She was then interrogated about what she put in her bath water that made it so attractive. She answered:
“Just me and all my oils oozing all over the place. I’d pay a lot of money for that.”
Norton’s reaction suggested he was disgusted with the mention of oils oozing from Anderson in the bathtub, though the actress claimed she would pay a fortune just to have her bath water. Indeed, the actress has a really bizarre personality. The Guardian once asked Anderson if she has become normal:
“Yes… on the whole. But I am weird. Ask my daughter. I am weird.”
She was referring to her younger years as she claimed she was “a pain in the b*tt as a teenager.” Not only did she shave the side of her head, but she also got a nose ring and was voted by her friends as the girl most likely to get arrested. Anderson further explained:
“I was a confident f—k-up. I did drugs, and I went to concerts, and I snuck out of the house, and I did all that stuff that rebellious teenagers do.”
Because of her behavior, she was put into therapy at 14, and that was when she finally changed for the better and found an avenue where she could channel all the energy she was wasting on self-destruction. Still, she maintained her iconic weirdness that fans love to see on the screen.
Gillian Anderson’s Upcoming Television Project
Gillian Anderson has been confirmed to join Netflix’s Western drama, The Abandons. She will be working with Game of Thrones alum Lena Headey in this 10-episode series created by Kurt Sutter.
Her other Netflix credits include the hit show Sex Education and The Crown, which earned her an Emmy, a SAG Award, and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher.
Not much is known about her upcoming show, but her character is described as (via Variety):
“The matriarch of the wealthy Van Ness family who inherited her husband’s mining fortune then doubled it.”
Sounds like a tough role for a tough actress like Gillian Anderson!
