Gillian Anderson via Associated PressGillian Anderson has spoken for the first time about the controversy surrounding the source material for her 2024 film The Salt Path. The Emmy winner starred opposite The White Lotus actor Jason Isaacs in the big-screen adaptation of Raynor Winn’s book of the same name. Reflecting on the situation in a new interview with Radio Times, Gillian branded it “very unfortunate”. AdvertisementGillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs in The Salt Path Black BearGillian continued: “A lot of people were enjoying it, regardless, and it is special in its own right. In Winn’s writing, she spoke of how she and her husband Moth walked the 600-mile length of the South West Coast Path after being made homeless.