Did This Week's Fringe Predict The Future Of Chuck Bass?
I meant to write about this yesterday, but did anyone notice Chris Eigeman on this week's Fringe? He played an evil pharmaceutical CEO who is using humans as experimental weapons blah blah blah the pattern. He was a real patternhead. Well that guy used to be like the male Parker Posey! Chris Eigeman!
If the world was run by our kind of people, indie stunt casting like this would be saved for Sweeps Week. Anyway, for those who might be less familiar with Eigeman's work, he's best known for his roles in Whit Stillman films like Metropolitan, Barcelona, and Last Days of Disco. He was also one of the leads in Noah Baumbach's first film, Kicking and Screaming. In almost all of his early roles he played a dry witted, hyper-privileged WASP of the upper class. With his superior attitude, his seemingly omniscient power over his peers, and his casual indulgence in the sexual peccadillos of the day, Chris Eigeman was the '90s Chuck Bass.
Here are some choice scenes from Kicking and Screaming:
Here he is giving the '90s Dan Humphrey some advice on breaking into the debutante class:
Here he is getting a slap in the face from the '90s Blair Waldorf:
Man, Chris Eigeman, you guys. He was so snarky and compelling when he was younger. And he was on Fringe! In short, Ed Westwick has a long career of nominal guest roles on floundering paranormal TV shows to look forward to. The end.
Posted by Gabe at 11:15 AM in Where Are They Now?
Tags: Chris Eigeman | Chuck Bass | Ed Westwick | Fringe | Future
i'm pretty sure chris eigeman was on "gilmore girls" for a bit as well. so was sebastian bach, bizarrely. none of this bodes well for ed westwick, who isn't even interesting or cool now.
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yeah all I know him from is Gilmore Girls.
Ed Westwick was in Son of Rambow, one of those Sundance critics circle jerk movies.
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Chris Eigeman is the BEST. He even had his own short-lived sitcom in 1999 called "It's Like, You Know" that had more potential than 99% of sitcoms. And they said "It's Like, You Know" in every episode, that was the gimmick! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168340/
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i missed fringe this week! i don't know what to do with myself.....
soon i'll be sleeping in a public library... i know it.... missing fringe is just the first slip into a downward spiral.
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I haven't been watching Fringe. So I missed it. I love Metropolitan and Kicking and Screaming to pieces!
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Glad to see there are other fans out there. I can't watch Fringe just because he's in it. It's too weak. Had no idea he was in Gilmore Girls. I am biologically not allowed to watch that. Also, don't want to lose my indie cred. Netflix currently has 'The Treatment' on Instant Play. Not a bad film. And he teamed up with Famke again for 'Turn the River'.
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