Gillian Anderson clears the air after warning fans not to sit front row at her West End performances Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?
“Hello everyone, just to say – in the video making the rounds I’m talking to women I’ve been with for over 20 years,” Anderson, 58, wrote on Sunday, October 4. X Opinion. “Please don’t say anything negative to or about her.”
After a recent performance of Virginia WoolfThe X files Alum greeted attendees at the stage door when she was in attendance heard telling certain people that sitting in the front row was too “distracting” for them.
“We’re really excited to be doing this show, but the people in the front row should realize that we can all see it in such an intimate venue,” she added on Sunday. “Sometimes it can be a little distracting! That’s all. It’s all good.”
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Anderson concluded: “On with the show and love to everyone and thank you to everyone who comes.”
Anderson is currently playing the role of Martha in the West End revival of Edward Albee. Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? directed by Marianne Elliott at Soho Place in London.
“It was definitely a wish list,” the actress said What’s on stage? in an interview published on Thursday, October 1st about entering production. “The years went by and there were certain waves, and then there came a point where you thought, ‘Okay, it’s definitely time.'”
Anderson plays opposite Billy Crudupis George in the new Virginia Woolf Staging.
“I confess, roles have never come to mind where I think, ‘I have to play Henry VI,’ that’s not the way I think,” Crudup, 58, told the outlet about landing his role. “But when Marianne wrote to me and asked if you would consider George, I immediately said yes. The reason for this is not because it was a dream role, but because the reaction I experienced when I saw the play was overwhelming.”
Anderson raved that Crudup was “phenomenal” as George.
“He’s as much of a workaholic and perfectionist as I am, and it suited me and us,” she continued. “That’s kind of what you need for a piece like this.”
Crudup felt the same way about working with Anderson.
“She’s as professional as you can get, and I just felt like I was with a colleague that I wanted to work with and work with,” he admitted. “It’s a way to work together. We speak a very similar language and are both committed to presenting this piece the way Marianne Elliott envisioned it.”
