I think most of us who voted for Gold/Rumpel are probably just HUGE fans of Robert Carlyle’s AMAZING acting. At least that’s the case for me…when he speaks either as Gold or Rumpel, I hang on his every word…he’s hypnotizing at times…such a complex character, so intriguing…so cruel sometimes, yet we feel for his pain…how can we not love such a fascinating character?
Exactly. RC conveys so much in the smallest of gestures–a tilt of his head, a rubbing of his fingers–and then he can go so big he’s a tornado that sweeps you in to his emotions, leaving you unable to breathe.