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Gillian Anderson Confirms X-FILES 2?! And A Review Of Her New Film STRAIGHTHEADS!

Dyer has a nutsack like a bull's by Smashing	May 1st, 2007 05:34:13 AM
Seriously they are massive, no wonder he is such a dog.
How about a review in English? by theBigE	May 1st, 2007 05:34:20 AM
I don't have my "Cockney slang to American" dictionary on me! But anything with Anderson would be worth a rent, IMO!
Is anyone in the world really interested in an XFiles 2 by Riley Martin	May 1st, 2007 06:25:50 AM
Firefly fans, maybe?
What would you do by johnnykool	May 1st, 2007 06:29:00 AM
...for a KlonDYKE bar?
"How about a review in English?" by Monkey Butler	May 1st, 2007 06:33:53 AM
How about Americans just learn the language properly? And Gillian Anderson was in a pretty popular adaptation of Bleak House a whiel back, it's not like she hasn't been doing anything.
Anal gun rape? Count me in. Er, I mean out! by performingmonkey	May 1st, 2007 06:35:15 AM
I might have been interested in naked Gillian Anderson 10 years ago.
Telling the English to speak English... by wetzello	May 1st, 2007 06:36:29 AM
is hilarious.
I'm surprised the UK National Lottery has any money by wetzello	May 1st, 2007 06:37:40 AM
After all the times I've won that thing via email...wow! You Brits must be loaded!
Too Soon! by Green Arrow	May 1st, 2007 06:39:12 AM
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Gillian Anderson was hot in Last King of Scotland by SoylentMean	May 1st, 2007 06:40:43 AM
I'm there for X-Files 2, hell they could even start up the show again (albeit with a younger cast and Mulder & Scully being mentors to the younger X-Files agents). I'd rather see that than another Law & Order or C.S.I. spinoff. Oh, and if they do make X-Files 2 get someone other than Rob Bowman to direct
I'm totally there for X-Files 2 opening day. by Ashok0	May 1st, 2007 06:44:05 AM
Heck, I'd sacrifice "24" or "Prison Break" to have "X-Files" back on FOX.
You had me at Gillian Anderson naked by ATARI	May 1st, 2007 07:31:41 AM

Gillian Naked = The Holy Grail of Sci-Fi Nudity by Abin Sur	May 1st, 2007 08:30:47 AM
I'm sure the majority of you geeks will agree...and for those of you saying this should have been 10 years ago - she's only 38, and she looks damn good. Jennifer Aniston is about the same age, and I don't think anybody's be complaining if she dropped trou at that age.
GA naked by CatoTheCensor	May 1st, 2007 08:40:32 AM
That already happened like 15 years ago when she was young and hot. http://images.google.com/imgre s?imgurl=http://images.celebri tymoviearchive.com/members/thu mbs/b/bM0551-GillianAnderson%4 0TheTurning.jpg&imgrefurl=http ://www.celebritymoviearchive.c om/tour/movie.php/5142&h=960&w =1248&sz=65&hl=en&start=2&tbni d=n7RUeeagG8c1qM:&tbnh=115&tbn w=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgilli an%2Banderson%2Bnude%26gbv%3D2 %26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe %3Doff%26sa%3DG
oops by CatoTheCensor	May 1st, 2007 08:41:23 AM
Sorry, here it is from the turning http://images.celebritymoviear chive.com/members/thumbs/b/bM0 551-GillianAnderson@TheTurning .jpg
Hey CatoTheCensor, by smellmycheese	May 1st, 2007 08:52:43 AM
thanks for the URLs but if you use http://tinyurl.com/ on those people might actually bother looking... and while I wouldn't mind stealing a glance at Ms Anderson's fair titties, life is far too short to remove all those spaces. Sorry bud.
As for X-Files 2... by smellmycheese	May 1st, 2007 09:03:04 AM
Meh. Are they still going with the standalone movie idea (rather than an extension of the mythology)? As much as I preferred the episodic eps of the series, there's still a few loose ends there that need to be tied up, which they intentionally introduced / left open at the end. Not that I care any more but even still...
We Need a Bruckheimer version of Violence Jack!!! by wowsah156	May 1st, 2007 09:33:00 AM
We need Violence Jack to sort it out. We get the wrestler "The Big Show" to play Violence Jack. He lays waste to tranny rape gangs and the anal insane Slumking. And have some graphic scene of his jacknife decapitating heads and bodies all over the shop!! Violence Jack for 2008!!!
Only on AICN... by BrooseTheScharuk	May 1st, 2007 09:35:22 AM
could you read a statement like: "It’s nice to see her show up in something like TRISTRAM SHANDY with Steve Coogan, but I’d love to see her in something great."
broose by BadMrWonka	May 1st, 2007 09:50:33 AM
I was thinking the same thing. tristram shandy is one the best comedies in recent years.
Cato, the view of her in that movie was very meh... by Abin Sur	May 1st, 2007 09:50:40 AM
That was like "NYPD Blue" nudity - I've seen the shots from Straightheads, and she's got it going on, and you're teh gay if you think otherwise.
I was impressed with Anderson in The Last King... by rbatty024	May 1st, 2007 10:03:04 AM
of Scotland. It was a medium sized role, but completely different than her Scully character. From what I hear she's the opposite of her television character, more bubbly like in Tristam Shandy. When you see someone playing the same character for nine years you can't really tell that the actress actually has range which apparently Gilliam Anderson has in spades. There are so few good actresses out there, it would be a shame if her talent wasn't in more films.
about fucking time by misnomer	May 1st, 2007 10:14:39 AM
big x-files fan....can't wait. and yes gillian is seriously hot.
Anal gun rape...yeesh by CarmillaVonDoom	May 1st, 2007 10:15:49 AM
I'll say it again...yeesh. Gillian sure is pretty though.
actually this isnt really a confirmation by misnomer	May 1st, 2007 10:18:38 AM
gillians assuming the movie WILL be made-as does most of the main players...carter, duchovny and bowman. carter recently settled a legal dispute with fox about the rights, so theres nothing stopping this movie being made, but id imagine the script isnt in place yet nor has it been greenlit..
"There are so few good actresses out there..." by CarmillaVonDoom	May 1st, 2007 10:19:20 AM
rbatty024 are you fucking INSANE?!?!
gillian gives me a straight head by misnomer	May 1st, 2007 10:23:04 AM
sorry, had to be done. im pretty sure this movie will be terrible, but naked scully is worth a download.
Rbatty is CLEARLY insane... by Abin Sur	May 1st, 2007 10:30:09 AM
Have you even HEARD of Katie Holmes? Sharon Stone? Alicia Silverstone? MADONNA?? You've deluded, my friend.
Carmilla... by rbatty024	May 1st, 2007 10:35:31 AM
I should correct myself, there are few actresses out there who really impress me, who I think are Ian Holm great. Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, and Kathy Bates (who I haven't seen in a movie for a long time) come to mind, but unfortunately Hollywood prizes looks over talent. That's not to say that many of the actresses might be capable of putting out great performances if given the chance but I don't think that's expected of them. Roles that go to Jessica Biel or Jessica Alba because they're expected to be eye candy rather than actually create a character. Maybe I'm not giving these younger actresses a chance to show their talent, and if there are some performances I should check out then please educate me, but I can't think of a single "hot young actress" who has done anything terribly impressive.
Kathy Bates????!!!!??? by Sledge Hammer	May 1st, 2007 10:53:18 AM
Kathy Bates has exactly two performances, loudmouth, and loudmouth psycho. That's it. Well cast, she can be effective enough, but great actress? Hardly. The biggest problem with the current generation of actresses, and this is largely true of the new breed of actors to, is that far too few of them are interested in the craft of acting, and of bettering themselves as an artist with each new role. No, this new breed, they don't want to be actors so muchg as they want to be "stars". It's the fame, the glitz, the glamour, the attention and adulation that they seek, this whole "acting" thing is just a means to get there for them. It is possible to be both, but most frankly don't seem all that interested. Stardom to them is the be all and end all. It's kinda depressing actually.
anyone else kind of not of letdown she hated by Datascream	May 1st, 2007 11:17:22 AM
working on x-files? part of my love for the show was thinking that everyone loved working together and loved their job doing that show. Now after this ungreatful cunt has gone out and admitted she hated everything about it, it just ruins the whole experience for the show now. I don't know why I would watch the new movie considering how "tortured" she was doing the whole thing over again. christ what a letdown...
I don't know why "not" was in that subject header by Datascream	May 1st, 2007 11:19:42 AM
goes to show why you shouldn't type anything after you just wake up...
Sledge Hammer... by rbatty024	May 1st, 2007 11:35:56 AM
In my opinion, there's more to Kathy Bates than just being a "loudmouth", although she is one of the few actresses with the gravitas to make it work. The quiet moments in Misery and Delores Claiborne are good examples of her changing her volume. Anyway, you're probably right about actresses wanting to be stars rather than caring about the craft of acting, although I don't think Hollywood asks them to be anything more than stars. It seems to me the majority of directors and producers seem content to just put an anorexic body on the screen, so I think they share a good deal of the blame as well.
WHAT!!! by livrule	May 1st, 2007 11:40:54 AM
"Danny Dyer, perhaps best known as Kent Paul in GTA Vice City in the States" .... ??????? Only in America!!
Anderson in something great by Eduardo Catflapo	May 1st, 2007 11:43:44 AM
Straightheads was terrible, but for anybody who'd like to see Anderson in something great, I'd recommend the BBC mini-series based on Charles Dickens 'Bleak House', for which she was BAFTA nominated. There may be no nudity or aliens in it, but it's incredibly gripping and Anderson is fantastic as the haunted Lady Dedlock. She also had a role in the Oscar winning 'The Last King of Scotland', which is worth checking out.
Will have to rent by Lando Griffin	May 1st, 2007 11:46:00 AM
if only to crank one out to nude Gillian
Anderson in something good. by supertoyslast	May 1st, 2007 11:47:12 AM
Bleak House. She completely steals the show. From a whole host of top-class actors too (Charles Dance etc). And while living in the UK she's also done a play or two.
Never mind... by Fitzcarraldo2	May 1st, 2007 02:07:49 PM
The Americans will all be speaking Spanish in a generation or two anyway.
Tea Leoni gotta eat! by chrth	May 1st, 2007 02:27:38 PM
David Duchovny hasn't done anything worthwhile since the Larry Sanders show.
I liked her frizzy hair by Rat Fink	May 1st, 2007 02:41:48 PM
If only I could run my fingers through all that frizz
Anderson's goods... by Christopher3	May 1st, 2007 03:23:09 PM
Can certainly paper over my cracks.
What Could Xfiles 2 possibly be about? by pockybot	May 1st, 2007 03:44:30 PM
The XFiles worked in the 90's, because the internet wasnt widely used, and most people thought conspiracies were the work of fictions. Now most of America knows how truly dark and evil the US government really is. They do and have engaged in horrific conspiracies and coverups. Oh, and the world's bees really are dying now. What the heck could Xfiles 2 be about? Maybe it could be where Mulder and Skully work for homeland security, trying to debunk "9/11" and "Bush lied about Iraq" theories?
If X-Files 2 is made... by fanboy71	May 1st, 2007 04:02:24 PM
I will be in line opening day. And yes, I was (and AM) a Firefly fan. I'm just surprised that FOX let the X-Files play more than 11 episodes before cancelling it, like they've done every good show since (with the possible exception of the first few seasons of 24). The X-files didn't really become a hit with viewers in the first season, but it became a huge cultural phenomenon. Why do they let shit like Bones continue and cancel a good show like Drive (or yes, Firefly).
BADA BING by Faust_8	May 1st, 2007 04:39:19 PM
Gillian naked AND X-Files 2. Bring me your finest ale so the bards may sing tales of today.
would Scully make a good Cylon? by Boomers_Lips	May 1st, 2007 04:40:30 PM
i think so. the Cylons need a red-head in their ranks!
DATASCREAM... by raw_bean	May 1st, 2007 05:44:14 PM
1) Learn to read and then... 2) Follow the link at the top of the article. She didn't hate the X-Files, she's up for another movie of it.
an x files movie franchise by misnomer	May 1st, 2007 05:44:22 PM
would actually be worthwhile im looking at you mission impossible
David Duchovny is getting giddy, "Soon... a paycheque!" by Flim Springfield	May 1st, 2007 06:03:15 PM

the most important question is... by PeteBogs	May 1st, 2007 08:08:52 PM
is it "Julianne Moore in 'Short Cuts'" level nudity? do we get to see the rosebushes or what?
X-Files: Happy-End please!!! by BetaSword	May 1st, 2007 10:31:19 PM
If i got to know, that X-Files 2 get a happy-End, then i'll watch it, if it doesn't, it's just the same crap than before(I mean the End, not the Series). Damn, the Ending was the worst imaginable, PLEASE Give a good ending, at least like War of the Worlds had, that was awesome. But X-Files: Making hope all the time, telling good stories, but the Ending-Movie stated: All what happened was totally useless, because an upcoming Invasion will totally overrun us(that was the point, where my love for X-Files died a horrible death)
Gillian Anderson naked... by Harry Weinstein	May 1st, 2007 10:33:10 PM
...that's the sort of thing that makes life worth living. Bring on X-FILES 2, better late than never, and I've almost got the rancid taste of the last couple of seasons out of my mouth by now so I'd actually be able to enjoy it. As for behind the scenes drama, a lot of the trouble on X-FILES was more or less the result of Duchovny forcing the production to relocate to LA, against the wishes of damn near everyone else involved with the show, who wanted to stay in Vancouver. I bet he's still persona non grata in that town - I was an extra in a huge crowd scene towards the end of the Vancouver era (the chess match filmed at BC Place) and all 10,000+ of us had to be explicitly instructed not to boo him when he showed up. Late, naturally.
And for you clever Brits... by theBigE	May 1st, 2007 11:22:07 PM
"How about a review in English?" is sarcasm, but I suppose it's too subtle and lost on you and your pasty white crooked-teeth brethren!
She doesn't sound moody at all! by USSJONES	May 2nd, 2007 01:57:54 AM
Oh wait . . .
Great news for Xfiles2 by 9banned0.5furious	May 2nd, 2007 02:16:53 AM
and Gillian was very good in, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story. Highly recomended film. Best comedy in a long time. Not sure why AICN ignores it. Maybe nobody payed them? Regardles, lets hope for some old school alien invasion paranoia soon.
Duchovny should direct the X-Files 2 movie. by GenericGeek	May 2nd, 2007 11:33:45 AM
His X-Files episodes were outstanding. Hollywood A.D. and the one with the baseball playing alien were pretty great. The one directed by Anderson was cool, but a bit pretentious. But, on the other hand, it had the Stacy Haiduk hotness going for it.
You could almost smell by Stuntcock Mike	May 2nd, 2007 12:31:12 PM
the sweaty meatflaps Gillian had in The Last King of Scotland
Ugh, the talk here is worrisome by whiteshark	May 2nd, 2007 02:00:39 PM
As an (still) XF and Gillian Anderson fan, it concerns me that she is known 'round here for nips, boobs and "meatflaps." Though Americans may not have seen her if they weren't seeking her out, she's worked steadily in the UK since XF came to an end. This includes the aforementioned theater productions, Bleak HOuse, Tristam Shandy, and Last King of Scotland. She also did a wonderful little movie called THE MIGHTY CELT, starring alongside Brit fave Robert Carlisle (Full Monty and 28 Weeks Later). The movie is really the story of a boy and his (racing) dog but Gillian has a nice role as the boy's mom with a secret that comes to light. It's not on DVD here but plays occasionally on IFC. The Irish accents are hard to understand at times, including Gillian's, but it is another great performance. Tyrone McKenna, who plays her son, is a real gem too. Many here seem to doubt her talent and versatility but those of us that watched XF closely knew she was capable of the performances she has recently graced us with. Despite the so-so reviews and depiction of graphic rape and revenge, I hope we get to see Straightheads here. This year, she'll be working on the new film, "Helen," as well. And if anyone's counting, bring on XF2 and Scully! Can't wait!
One more vote for Bleak House by BannedOnTheRun	May 2nd, 2007 07:22:59 PM
See it.
I vote for naked Scully on the Mothership by commodore decker	May 3rd, 2007 04:29:40 AM
It's these sorts of thoughts that give me the strength to face the day...

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