I’m not offended, don’t worry 🙂 You’re right, she’s not a A-lister, but it’s Italy, XF is filming soon again, so I guess when they knew they have an internationally famous celebrity coming in their country for the second time with her kids that no one has ever seen before, why not go for it? Paparazzi is a very small industry where everyone knows everyone. If one pap told the othersthat Gillian Anderson was in town and used to be okay to be paped once, they’ll follow her again and again.
They probably knew that she was traveling because airport crew are used to give that kind of tips to paps for money. It’s like that in every country. Airports, hotels, restaurants… trust no one.