Would you like to see an example of what it means to TRULY be sexy?
Would you like to see it again?
Gillian once commented that she didn’t understand why people thought she was sexy back when she played Scully. Assertive, brazen, and a skeptic who found herself unwilling to believe in Mulder’s “extreme possibilities”…not to mention she wasn’t exactly the big-breasted, 6 foot tall bombshell of a woman with gorgeous blond locks fresh out of acting school in LA.
But you know what I think? The old standby- Less is more. If we’re strictly talking about looks here, I’ll bet the men of the world saw Scully in all her -terrible- 90s fashion garb, and wondered what actually was under all those layers of hideous pantsuits. Not to mention, Gillian Anderson is beautiful. Her face has this intensity about it that constantly questions your motives. It’s disarming.
Now if we’re going to talk about what it was in Scully’s character that made her sexy… . Scully was intelligent, feisty and unendingly capable. She had the patience of a Saint, able to put up with her seemingly crazy partner “Spooky” Fox Mulder; and the scientific skills to make sure no one ever looked at her as just the pretty face – not to mention the physical stamina to keep up with the men out in the field. Here was a woman who re-wrote Einstein for her senior thesis, now that’s an accomplishment worth aiming for.
Now I HAVE to bring up the famous “Scully” quote, as written by Rebecca Traister in her online article “Scully Have I Loved”:
“In an entertainment world where women are disappearing from multiplexes, where men bulk up as superheroes while women don’t eat but sip pink drinks, we need to remember that there was once a very short heroine who hunted monsters and talked about Einstein, who kicked ass and questioned her faith, who went to work with a man she loved but didn’t rip his shirt off over lunch, who didn’t want to believe, but opened herself nonetheless to possibility. We need Scully back, even for a moment.”For the sake of progressiveness, I really hope this new generation grows up with a role model comparable to Scully. THIS is sexy. This is what girls need to be looking up to.
