The Truly Amazing Wife's Alan Cumming: "Eli Is Setting Themselves Up For just about any Fall"

Parker Posey, Alan Cumming The Truly Amazing Wife audiences are likely to see a part of Eli that some probably never even understood he'd - a soft side. "In this episode, we uncover that there are something very shocking that happened when Eli was married," Alan Cumming notifies TVGuide.com. "For this reason Eli very, very vulnerable the first time ever." Why? The look of Eli's ex-wife, Vanessa, carried out by Parker Posey, offers a great deal associated with it. It's not coincidence the 2 stars have shared the screen several occasions before (most memorably inside the Anniversary Party and Josie as well as the Pussycats) and Cumming immediately suggested Posey for your part. "In my opinion Parker might be easily the funniest person ever. I really could just watch her walking all the time and think its fascinating. Everything she does, she brings this type of idiosyncratic energy in it,In . according to him. "She's amusing in this. And you'll find several really touching moments inside.Inch Watch full cases of The Truly Amazing Wife Cumming states he's greater than ready to explore and embrace a significantly much softer Eli, the colorful campaign manager-switched-crisis management expert who chewed out a buddy, did a victory dance inside the copy room or (amusingly) dropped trou. "Now you have that emotion showed up in this area,Inch according to him. "We just shot one scene now that you see Eli as if you haven't seen him before. He is not winning constantly and he's just a little battered, and so i am really intrigued by where that will go." Cumming is experiencing Eli's new stability (with no recent robbery of Eli's favorite jellyfish paperweight by somebody who Cumming suspects being "dark forces"). Following Peter's re-election, Eli setup shop within Lockhart Gardner concentrating on crisis management cases between political campaigns. "Last season, I used to be mainly on location which i'd never done a scene with Archie [Panjabi], I'd just passed Josh [Charles] inside the corridor. It is therefore been really fun to enhance my acting partners," according to him. "Also, it's nice to experience a base also to understand that once i do moments throughout my office, that's my office. I'd, like, five different offices in a variety of locations a year ago therefore i feel much more focused." The Truly Amazing Wife casts Amy Sedaris to go to facing Eli Gold However, Cumming probably shouldn't get too comfortable within the new digs. As evidenced by his recent push to snag Peter (Chris Noth) the keynote speech within the Democratic National Convention, Eli is made the decision to put Peter inside the governor's mansion. "Next summer season comes about when that keynote speech will occur, therefore i imagine the beginning of next season will dsicover Eli back round the political path with Peter," according to him. Really the only factor standing if this involves that path is Alicia (Julianna Margulies). Eli guaranteed a prominent politician the Florricks might be together come convention time, now you request , what measures he'll trip to have the ability to bring the fragmented family back together again. And may the man familiar with winning large be effective? "I have undoubtedly that Eli is setting themselves up for just about any fall because he's so will make Peter into this phenomenal political phenomenon, which he needs Alicia to help him do that. He's kind of in denial relating to this fact," Cumming states. "In my opinion that he's guaranteed lots of their very own status on that therefore i think he'll go to date as they can. That could mean modifying Alicia to acquire what he wants. You never know, maybe Alicia and Peter will reconcile.Inch "There is a program to achieve that goal by whatever means." The Truly Amazing Wife airs Sundays at 9/8c on CBS.