Posted on 02/23/2016 6:12:45 PM PST by Elderberry
He plays the "most interesting man in the world" in commercials and now Jonathan Goldsmith -- the face of Dos Equis Beer -- is locked in a most interesting legal battle.
Goldsmith's former talent agency is suing the star for breach of contract, claiming they're owed 10 percent of what Goldsmith will have earned from late 2014 through 2016, which it says is some two million dollars.
Goldsmith is now counter-suing, claiming his manager disclosed the terms of a 2012 confidential agreement and "jeopardized his future as the spokesman for Dos Equis beer."
In court documents filed last October in California, the talent agency, Gold Levin Talent, claims Goldsmith stopped making payments in November 2014, alleging that Goldsmith deemed they had earned "enough".
"Apparently Goldsmith's preference for Dos Equis intoxicated him into believing that he could ignore his promises and obligations," the complaint reads. The court documents also say of Goldsmith, "As it now turns out, had Goldsmith landed a role that more accurately portraying his true character; he would have landed the role of "The Least Honorable Man in the Entertainment Business."
In his own complaint, filed earlier this month, Goldsmith calls his manager, who goes by the names Butch Klein and Tim Jordan, a "a failed "C" list actor who appears in 'D' movies, and now a failed personal manager."
ABC News could not reach Jordan's attorney for comment. Jordan began representing Goldsmith in 2002, according to court documents.
Goldsmith's attorney called his client an "honorable man." The attorney also told ABC News that Jordan is no longer representing Goldsmith.
"My client has been in the entertainment business for over 50 years, he is an honorable man , he's never cheated anyone" Goldsmith's attorney, William J. Briggs II, told ABC News.
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“Dos Equis is an ok beer, but it’s sad that a beer company would have a spokesman that doesn’t seem to care that much about beer. Can’t really see any of the craft brewers having that attitude, if they did they would never succeed.”
“Schaefer is the one beer to have when you’re having more than one.”
Freegards
Interesting factoid: Jonathan Goldsmith (under the stage name Jonathan Lippe) appeared in the original Star Trek series (”The Corbomite Maneuver”) as an unnamed Redshirt. And he SURVIVED THE EPISODE!
Regards,
Methinks I recall that the most interesting dude came out as a big Obola supporter last election. Could it be that the Obola curse strikes again?
Wait....being in a beer commercial makes you a “star�
Yes, a “star” of a beer commercial.
I suspect his agent didn’t do crap for him and he got the Dos Equis gig through different channels so now the agent wants to swoop in and be paid like he did all the work.
What’s interesting is the campaign itself is what sold the beer. They could have stuck almost anyone’s face on the ads and have him deliver one line. well, maybe not Bruce Jenner.
He’s never been a star, but Goldsmith acted as “Jonathan Lippe” and had bit parts in numerous series in the 60s & 70s and probably beyond. He’s a typical Hollywood uber-liberal.
Also, if you’ll notice in his beer commercials with all the gorgeous supermodels he’s almost always shown sitting down since, at about 5’5”, The Most Interesting Man In The World is usually dwarfed by the actresses.
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