Eli Gold....is GOLDEN!
By far the best character on the show. Alan Cumming's comedic timing is pure genius.
shareAgree 100%! Eli Gold is, by far, my favorite character, with Kalinda a close second, then Cary.
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Eli was the main reason I kept watching the show. I couldn't wait to see what he would do next. And my second favourite character was his wonderfully wry and sardonic daughter. I LOVED her!
About Alan Cumming, though -- his appearance on the show was originally supposed to be quite brief, but he made such an immediate connection with the audience that the producers made him an offer, and they wrote things to keep him on. He had been supposed to start appearing on Broadway in the musical of Spiderman, but he agreed to back out of it and be Eli Gold until the end of the series. (Word was that the musical was a mess, so he was well out of it.)
His Broadway career didn't stop there, though. He played the MC in the revival of Cabaret, WHILE he was shooting The Good Wife (I wish I had that much ENERGY!) -- which was why he sometimes appeared to have strangely darker hair, because they were dying it for the play.
He also hosted one of the televised performances of Just For Laughs at the Comedy Festival in Montréal, Canada, in which he told jokes and sang Adele's Someone Like You, which was VERY touching, and another song which managed to be both funny and touching at the same time. He is the ULTIMATE performer!
Eli was great and Alan Cumming did an incredible job. My favorite was Will by far! Honestly I was unsure if the show would be worth watching without him, but Eli made it worth it.
shareI love his character too but...I'm finishing season 1 and I don't understand his job's description... Why does he have this REPUTATION? He seems rich .Can we become so rich by being a reputation/image manager...??
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I'm in love with a lot of actresses. http://www.imdb.com/list/YD1CmFn7-k4/
I think you can be. "Crisis Manager" is one term they used to describe him. And rich people will pay a lot of money to fix their reputations. I wish I had a skill like that....although it kind of seems like you have to sell your soul to a certain extent.
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