David Duchovny is burying the hatchet with his "X-Files" co-star Gillian Anderson. Duchovny and Anderson made amends during the Tuesday episode of Duchovny's podcast, "Fail Better with David Duchovny," speaking about their strained relationship during ...

The costars reunited on Duchovny's 'Fail Better' podcast to talk about the tougher times during their hit show's initial run

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

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’