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It turns out, it’s tough to predict what a child will find terrifying.
Once her kids were old enough, Gillian Anderson thought she was being smart about which The X-Files episode she decided to show sons Felix and Oscar. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned.
Anderson, who stars in Fox’s six-episode X-Files revival, stopped by The Talk on Wednesday to reveal the horror story about showing her iconic role to sons Felix, 7, and Oscar, 9.
“It backfired so badly. I literally chose the least scary of all of them, which also happens to be my favorite episode, which is called ‘Bad Blood,’ ” Anderson explains.