Files" co-star Gillian Anderson. "The part of this conversation that is the trickiest part for me is, I guess, I would talk about my failure of friendship or my failure of companionship or just co-starring,

There was a long time, working on the show, where we were just not even dealing with one another off-camera,” David Duchovny recalled.

The X-Files stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson look back at how the show's success and the pressures from it impacted them off-camera.

David Duchovny said he had a “failure of friendship” with “X-Files” co-star Gillian Anderson when the hit sci-fi series was at its peak in the 1990s.

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson didn't speak to each other for "weeks at a time" when they worked on The X Files. The 64-year-old actor and Gillian, 56, enjoyed huge success with the iconic sci-fi series — but the duo actually had a turbulent relationship for many years.

In a candid conversation on his Fail Better podcast, David Duchovny opened up about the highs and lows of his decades-long friendship with The X-Files co-star Gillian Anderson. Despite their iconic on-screen chemistry as FBI agents in the show’s 11-season run, Duchovny revealed that off-camera tensions sometimes led to weeks without speaking.

The truth is out there — at least when it comes to David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson ’s once-contentious relationship. The former co-stars — who shot to fame in the 1990s by playing FBI agents Fox Mulder (Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Anderson) on the sci-fi hit “The X-Files” — recently reunited on Duchovny’s podcast,

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson had incredible chemistry on The X-Files as beloved characters Mulder and Scully, but apparently things weren't always so rosy behind the scenes. The duo opened up about their years-long friendship during the Tuesday,

Lemonade Media On his Fail Better podcast, David Duchovny buried the hatchet with Gillian Anderson over his relationship with her during their days on The X-Files. The pair, who remain friends, weren’