Anderson went on to say she found the respite she needed by turning to the stage.

“I needed to immerse immediately in theater in another country,” she continued.

Of course, there’s going to be consequence to that."

Gillian Anderson

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“And it’s little things, like mannerisms, that stick with you,” Erivo said.

“The lilt in her voice when she’s speaking to people.

Like, that’s not me, but I was stuck with that for a bit.”

“I felt like I’d lost my best friend.

“It was so profound.

I got really close.

So I knew it was the end, and it was so sad.”

But theCrownstar admitted her career wasn’t at all mapped outespecially afterThe X-Filesfirst wrapped in 2002.

And in London, you could move between theater and TV, and that was always my dream.

All I want to do is do film.'

And I’m still doing TV.”