TMF Jeff
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Way back when the X-Files first came out, I remember reading a TV Guide article about Gillian Anderson where the photographer couldn't get her to stop giggling, and finally it came out that it was because the feathers from her boa were tickling her nose.
I found a copy of that online here: gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/96_97/96tvg.shtml
And while searching for that, I found a post on the TMF from like 15 years ago where someone mentioned that in the X-Files bloopers, she has to let a bug crawl out of her mouth, and she can't take it and has to blow it away, bursting into giggles and complaining that it tickles. And I found THAT too
(it starts at 1:16)
youtube.com/watch?v=7E5r_jX6nOU
I found a copy of that online here: gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/96_97/96tvg.shtml
On this balmy afternoon, with the snow-tipped mountains of British Columbia forming a dramatic skyline beyond the plate-glass window, Anderson is lying on the floor, decked out in a vintage pink silk dressing gown bordered by a thick layer of marabou. The photographer asks her to shift her legs. With each move, the feathers come loose and drift toward her face.
She tries to stifle a laugh.
Then there's a small giggle.
Suddenly, the giggling grows more intense.
"Is she crying?" someone wonders aloud.
She can't stop.
"I'm slaphappy," she guffaws.
The photographer rolls his eyes. "Let's get serious," he suggests.
This only makes it worse. The hair stylist frets. The makeup man turns away, trying not to smile.
Anderson drops her head to the floor, surrendering to her giddiness. Everyone in the room is giggling uncontrollably.
Finally, the photographer admits defeat and calls it a wrap.
Anderson stands, wiping tears from her eyes. "The feathers," she gasps, "were going up my nose!
And while searching for that, I found a post on the TMF from like 15 years ago where someone mentioned that in the X-Files bloopers, she has to let a bug crawl out of her mouth, and she can't take it and has to blow it away, bursting into giggles and complaining that it tickles. And I found THAT too
(it starts at 1:16)
youtube.com/watch?v=7E5r_jX6nOU