Outlander star Sam Heughan has revealed his celebrity crushes and how he eventually got to work alongside one of them.
The Scots actor sat down with Entertainment Weekly to share his ‘pop culture favourites’ where he made the admission on two of his celebrity crushes and they are both very different from each other.
He said: “My first celebrity crush was a cartoon – Jessica Rabbit.”
He grinned, adding: “However, a very very close second was Gillian Anderson in X-Files and I got to work with the wonderful Gillian Anderson many years later.”
And fans were surprised by his crushes. One penned: “Ooh so your first celeb crushes were two redheads.”
Another said: “Gillian was also my celebrity crush as a teen.”
While one added: “Didn’t we all at one point have a big crush on Gillian as Scully in X Files?”
Another said: “So, he likes redheads apparently.”
One commented: “I certainly understand Gillian Anderson.”
While one joked: “It’s time to colour our hair red, ladies!!!”
Sam starred alongside Gillian in the 2018 movie, The Spy Who Dumped Me. Sam and Gillian appeared in the cast alongside Mila Kunis, Justin Theroux and Kate McKinnon.
Gillian rose to fame in the X-Files as FBI Agent Dana Scully and has gone on to appear in various other shows and films such as The Crown, The Fall, Scoop and Sex Education.
Despite being born in Chicago, Illinois and growing up in London, Gillian has always had a soft spot for Scotland, having visited various times and always made a point of gushing over the country.
The star first visited Scotland as a child, but in the 90s returned, taking a trip to Glasgow to officially open a charity shop with a cause very close to her heart.
She visited Mount Florida in the city’s southside in 1999, where she ‘cut the ribbon’ to help celebrate the launch of the Neurofibromatosis.
The Hollywood star was in Glasgow at the time, as she filmed period drama The House Of Mirth in locations around the area, including Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
It was her way of giving a helping hand to sufferers of the genetic disease that causes tumours to form throughout the body, also known as NF. Gillian’s brother Aaron suffered from the condition and died of a brain tumour at the age of 30 in 2011.
During the visit, The Scoop star was quoted in the Sunday Mail as saying: “Glasgow is a fantastic place. Unfortunately I’ve seen so little of the city because of the hours I’ve been working. But I had a lovely place in the West End of Glasgow and everyone I met was so nice. And, no, I didn’t try and find Nessie.”
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