Gillian Anderson is, in many ways (including “all of them”), a delight. And yet somehow she has managed to out-delight herself by setting up her own Tumblr. I kid you not, it’s called Chewie’s Girlfriend.
Set up to promote her appearance as Blanche DuBois in the currently running Benedict Andrews production of A Streetcar Named Desire, the Tumblr has so far only played host to a brief Q&A by Anderson held yesterday, in which she reveals everything from her favourite scent (Rosemary, lavender, sage, rain, grass, the smell of the person you love) to her favourite X-Files line (“Sure. Fine. Whatever.”), to… a deep, abiding love for Chewbacca?
And a love the classics when it comes to droids:
I eagerly anticipate the many reblogs of Scully gifs to come on Gillain Anderson’s Tumblr.