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"Alan Cumming has said that his manager forced him to take on the role of Eli Gold in The Good Wife. The actor told Metro that he was talked into the job after being unimpressed by the scripts. &amp;quot;They initially only asked me to do one or two episodes of the show, and, to be honest, I didn&amp;#039;t really want to,&amp;quot; Cumming said. &amp;quot;I read the script and I didn&amp;#039;t understand it. But my manager said I should do it - and that&amp;#039;s what you pay a manager for - to force you to do things you don&amp;#039;t realise are a great idea.&amp;quot; He admitted to doing no research before taking on the role and added: &amp;quot;I actually think my lack of knowledge in the field is quite good; people give me the material and I just fake it. &amp;quot; Cumming signed a three-year deal in 2011 to remain on The Good Wife. He later said that he would like to further explore Eli&amp;#039;s personal life, adding that he is a &amp;quot;very complex&amp;quot; character. &amp;gt; Alan Cumming renews wedding vows Watch Alan Cumming in a clip of The Good Wife below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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