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Video Clips June 1995  Agent of Fortune by Virginia Campbell
Gillian Anderson's hit TV show The X-files is more entertaining
than most movies, and many people think she's a better actress
than you see in most movies, too.  Gillian Anderson probably had
less on-screen experience than anyone but the Olsen twins when
she was hired to star opposite David Duchovny in TV's creepiest,
rainiest, most addictive series, The X-files. But X-files
creator Chris Carter's instincts were on the mark with Anderson,
because she lends FBI agent Dana Scully a slow-burn blend of
gravity and humanity to spark with the off-the-wall quality of
her partner Fox Mulder (Duchovny) and to anchor the show's
witty, dour weirdness. The ability to project gravity and
humanity being in such sort supply among young screen actresses,
perhaps Hollywood will find a role that calls for a younger,
softer-edged Jodie Foster and put