Gillian Anderson likes that her ‘The Fall’ character is unpredictable.
The ‘X-Files’ actress stars as DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC One crime drama and she’s confessed the character has been a joy to play because she’s constantly developing.
She said: "Just when you think you’ve understood a little bit about her she’ll do something and you’ll go, ‘Whoa, what are you doing?’ And I like that about her."
The 46-year-old star also rubbished claims the show – which stars ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ actor Jamie Dornan as serial killer Paul Spector – glamorises violence against women.
She continued: "There are still huge holes in a system where women are so afraid to come forward, and still people get cleared. It’s highly possible that if more women were in a position to change the laws, it would be handled differently."
Gillian – who recently made her directing debut after thinking about it for a "long time" – would like to try her hand at comedy but claims she’s never thought of as being funny.
She added to The Observer newspaper: "There’s a dearth of comedy anyway, and they don’t generally come my way. I don’t know what I need to prove to people that I can be funny."
Gillian Anderson: I love that Stella Gibson is unpredicatble
