Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Law & Order Chaos: Jeff Goldblum Quits Criminal Intent

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Well, it’s just nuts in the Dick Wolf world.

Jeff Goldblum has quit “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” You may recall reading here first that Wolf fired Vincent D’Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe and Eric Bogosian from the show, thinking that Goldblum would carry the whole show. In his first season he shared the shows with D’Onofrio and co. But this season, he’s been on his own.

And now, he’s gone.

When I first reported the firings, the emails came in from viewers in avalanches. They didn’t like Goldblum’s character and wanted the D’Onofrio team back. Of course, Wolf was not perceptive on this score, and killed off Bogosian’s character. Erbe took the whole thing very hard, from what I’ve been told.

So now what? Bring back D’Onofrio and Erbe? Of course, actors will work for money. But these people were really horrified about the way they were treated. It may not be so easy, or cheap, to rehire them.

What can they do about Bogosian? Pretend it was a dream, Bobby Ewing style? (Why not? No one will care.)

And what about Saffron Burrows? I told you in a column several weeks ago that she wasn’t working out. With Goldblum gone, she’s certainly history, too.

Somewhere, Paul Sorvino is getting a kick out of all this, that’s for sure. Michael Moriarty, too.

Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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