The Great Wife's Alan Cumming: "Eli Is Setting Themself Up For any Fall"

Parker Posey, Alan Cumming The Great Wife audiences are going to see part of Eli that some most likely never even understood he'd - a soft side. "Within this episode, we discover that there's something very shocking that happened when Eli was married," Alan Cumming informs TVGuide.com. "This is why Eli very, very vulnerable the very first time ever." Why? The appearance of Eli's ex-wife, Vanessa, performed by Parker Posey, offers quite a bit related to it. It's really no coincidence the two stars have shared the screen several occasions before (most memorably within the Anniversary Party and Josie and also the Pussycats) and Cumming immediately recommended Posey for that part. "I believe Parker may be the funniest person ever. I possibly could just watch her walking in the pub and think its fascinating. Everything she does, she brings this kind of idiosyncratic energy into it,Inch he states. "She's amusing within this. And you will find several really touching moments inside.Inch Watch full instances of The Great Wife Cumming states he's a lot more than prepared to explore and embrace a much softer Eli, the colorful campaign manager-switched-crisis management expert who chewed out a friend, did a victory dance within the copy room or (amusingly) dropped trou. "Now it's time that emotion arrived on the scene," he states. "We simply shot one scene now in which you see Eli like you haven't seen him before. He isn't winning constantly and he's a little battered, so I am really intrigued by where which will go." Cumming is taking pleasure in Eli's new stability (without the recent thievery of Eli's favorite jellyfish paperweight by somebody that Cumming suspects to become "dark forces"). Following Peter's re-election, Eli setup shop within Lockhart Gardner focusing on crisis management cases between political campaigns. "Last season, I had been totally on location and that i had never done a scene with Archie [Panjabi], I'd just passed Josh [Charles] within the corridor. Therefore it is been really fun to improve my acting partners," he states. "Also, it's nice to possess a base and also to realize that after i do moments during my office, that's my office. I'd, like, five different offices in various locations this past year and so i feel a lot more focused." The Great Wife casts Amy Sedaris to visit facing Eli Gold However, Cumming most likely should not get too comfortable in the new digs. As evidenced by his recent push to snag Peter (Chris Noth) the keynote speech in the Democratic National Convention, Eli is decided to place Peter within the governor's mansion. "Next summer time happens when that keynote speech will occur, and so i imagine the start of the coming year might find Eli back around the political path with Peter," he states. The only real factor standing when it comes to that path is Alicia (Julianna Margulies). Eli guaranteed a prominent politician the Florricks could be together come convention time, so now you ask , what measures he'll visit to be able to bring the fragmented family together again. And can the guy accustomed to winning large be also effective? "I've without doubt that Eli is setting themself up for any fall because he's so going to make Peter into this excellent political phenomenon, and that he needs Alicia to assist him do this. He's type of in denial about this fact," Cumming states. "I believe that he's secured a lot of their own status on that and so i think he'll go so far as he is able to. That may mean adjusting Alicia to obtain what he wants. Who knows, maybe Alicia and Peter will reconcile.Inch "There's certainly a training course to reach that goal by whatever means." The Great Wife airs Sundays at 9/8c on CBS.