Gillian Anderson to join the Practice next season
 

Read this over at Dark Horizons. Not sure what to think of this. I used to enjoy the Practice, but the last couple of seasons have not been up to par. As an X-Files fan it will be hard to see Gillian in any other television role other than Scully.

Seems Gillian and Camryn Manheim became friends recently ("friends" huh) and Manheim was able to convince her to join the cast. Not sure what her role will be. Maybe she will be the next assistant D.A. as Ron Livingston's role was rarely used.

Why go to a sinking ship?

If she wanted to move to a legal drama, I would have campaigned for her to replace Elizabeth Rohm on Law & Order. Gillian and Sam Waterston could have made quite a team.

Is this an official site/announcement?

I've never watched The Practice. Kind of a been there done that with other legal shows. I like Gillian, but doubt that I would tune in.

If the ship is sinking, they could be figuring she might raise the ratings.

Not sure how true this actually may be. I have tried to search for some concrete evidence, but it seems that this bit of news originally came from the National Enquirer (there goes any bit of credibility).

Sorry to jump the gun. This may not be true.

While I really enjoyed the character of Scully, Gillian Anderson isn't really that good of an actress, and I have a hard time seeing her finding too many more good roles in the future.

<I>The Practice</I>, while once one of the best shows on television, has become pretty cliche and at times unwatchable. Still, I enjoy the show, much more than other "sinking ships."

While from a quality perspective, I don't see it making much of a difference, it does make sense for all parties. <I>The Practice</I> could use a publicity stunt to get people back to watching, and Gillian can't go wrong with steady work on another series. I'm sure she enjoys acting, and if she doesn't take what she has available now, she may get stuck doing nothing but <I>The X-Files</I> films.

Still, it sounds strange. I'm not sure how this could work. I do miss Ron Livingston - he was a very strong character.

das

http://gaws.ao.net/current/index.html -- her official site

das - I know this will shock you, but I 100% disagree with you on Gillian's quality as an actress. I think she's very good and even exceptional.

Plus, as much as I hate the Emmy's I don't think, due to the nature of the show she was on, they would give her the Emmy if she didn't earn it. I think the Emmy's would like to see shows like the X-Files and their ilk just disappear.

Here, here! In addition to some uncontestably VERY well done work in The X-Files, she was fantastic in The House of Mirth as well. I think if anyone from that show, [cough, cough]Duchovny[/cough, cough], is going to successfully escape pigeon-holing it will be her.

Sorry das, i gotta go with elektra on this one. If anything, i'd say the X-files kept her from really going to far out of "Scully's" range.

Everything i've seen her in since has been excellent.

das, check out House of Mirth and you may change your mind about her acting ability. I thought she was very good in that movie.

I'd rather see her on any of these:

CSI
Alias
The Agency

I was just about to post that das must not have seen House of Mirth, but I see some people beat me to it.

Gillian was ROBBED of an Oscar nomination for that part. She was THAT good.


As far as the Practice is concerned...

What is it with David E. Kelley rescuing actresses from Sci-Fi shows? (ie Jeri Ryan on Boston Public this season.)

And not only the House of Mirth. Gillian held her own with Sean Connery, Angelina Jolie, Madeline Stowe and others and was quite wonderful herself in Playing By Heart. She also had a very small but nonetheless impressive role in the Mighty. That role and the Mirth role showed she has tremendous talent and rage as an actress. I'm pretty sure that's why she not only won Emmy but SAG and the Golden Globe for her role on the X-Files.

While someone might not like her, I think it's more than evident that she is a tremendously talented actress and I hope she won't be joining the Practice and gets back to feature films soon. The only reason I could think of her wanting to do this is because TV makes it easier for an actor to be with their children and I believe Piper must be around 7 years old now.

Shamefully, I have not seen <B>House of Mirth</B>, and as such, I will retract my statement. The times I've seen her, she's been serviceable, but I was not impressed. To be fair, however, they were all small roles as she's been so tied up with <I>The X-Files</I>. I certainly have no problems with her as an actress, and as I said, I loved the character of Scully. It looks like one uninformed monkey needs to get ahold of <B>House of Mirth</B> before casting any further judgment on her acting ability. The glowing recommendation from certain posters in this thread is more than enough for me to accept that I need a larger sample set before forming an opinion in this case. Thanks for (possibly) setting me straight.

das

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I hope you do get a chance to see House of Mirth....for some reason, even before that film, I have always felt that it was Gillian Anderson who would go on to do great things after the X-files and NOT David Duchovny. Duchovny is charming and has a great sense of humor (based on interviews I have seen), but I don't think he is a great actor. There are even times during the X-files when he makes me cringe. House of Mirth confirmed for me the hunch I had about Anderson, that she was a great actress hiding in a confined role.

My SMTP has been on the fritz last night, so it appears the reply I sent you got bounced. You'll get it sooner or later, but in short, no and thank you. ;)

das

Yeah, Duchovny may do a great Jeff Goldblum, "A-ha ... a-ha ... the letter '2' my friend" but his range is definitely limited, from what I've seen.

das

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I think Gillian Anderson is an amazing actress on the x-files simply because she's a total and complete goofball in real life (at least what I've seen), nothing like Scully.

I'm torn. I love Gillian, but I don't watch The Practice. What's a guy to do?

I agree. Duchovny will be the one struggling to find jobs post X-Files. From everything I've seen, he seems to be pretty much a jerk and difficult to work with.

Yeah, me too. I've never gotten interested in watching even one episode of The Practice, and don't really savor the thought of getting into this show now. However, if it's my only opportunity to watch Gillian, then I'll bite the bullet and give it a try. Better that than go without.

She was really great in Mirth, and did indeed hold her own with Connery et al. in Playing By Heart.

I think they ought to fire the entire cast of Sex in the City and revovle that show around Gillian.

That is a really good point! I still can't get used to Rohm, and her first season is over already :p !