It took Gillian Anderson 5 years after 'The X-Files' ended to get what the fuss was about
Gillian Anderson needed distance from 'The X-Files' to see how 'really cool' the show actually was: 'I suddenly got what they were talking about, like, five years after the show ended.'
You know, I'd imagined I'd be doing Merchant Ivory films
Well Merchant Ivory Productions made their last film in 2009, so no big future there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Ivory_Productions#Filmography