What was creator Chris Carter looking for in the character of Monica?
From the time of my first meeting with the producers, I know that they were looking for a very specific energy from Monica. They used the terms ‘sunny’, ‘light’ and ‘open-minded’, but I also think that you had a woman who was attracted to the dark side. It was another colour to throw into that basement office. Did you recieve any good advice from Gillian Anderson? Sleep! She was such an old hand at manouvering through the rigorous hours how to rest, to feed yourself and take care of yourself – which was really a very important thing to do. I learned a lot by watching her, as she had been doing this so many years prior to me. Given the chance would you like to be Monica Reyes, rather than Annabeth Gish? No disrespect to my life, but yes. I wouldn’t choose her over me, but I thought that she was such a fascinating woman and I quite miss her, actually. I feel like I didn’t get to know her well enough, and that there was so much more to tell about her and Doggett. She was an interesting wo
