Aug 11, 2000
From the New York Post: SOAP TALK: 'ALL MY CHILDREN': A KISS IN TIME - By CLAIRE SIEGEL

THIS week on "All My Children," Brooke (played by Julia Barr) is learning that it takes a lot of courage to risk being vulnerable.
She hasn't even kissed a man in years. But this week, she and Eliot (played by David Beecroft) do kiss and it's astonishing to her.
"It's been a very dry season - a long, long time," Barr says. "And their kiss is beautiful, sweet, and poignant.
"After years of choosing the wrong men, and more years of being everyone's friend but no one's heart, Brooke is beginning to love again.
"She tells Eliot she hasn't been able to have a real relationship since her daughter Laura was killed by a drunk hit-and-run driver. It's almost like she couldn't allow herself to be happy. But now, she admits, she wants to be at the center of someone's life."
There's one thing Brooke can't get past.
Eliot clearly has a secret he needs to confess, and can't bring himself to tell her. She knows he's been in prison and that he became a minister in jail - but she doesn't know why.
"She wants him to know there's nothing he can't say to her," Barr says. "Finally, he admits he stole the most precious gift from a family. She thinks he was a thief, but she believes he's turned his life around.
"The two of them have the possibility of great joy. So it gets down to this: How can he reveal what he came to town to reveal about himself? There's the potential for hope and love but, underneath it all, there's a dreadful secret.
"At the end of the week, Brooke confesses to Edmund: 'I think I'm falling in love.' At the very same time, Eliot is making a confession of his own to his superior, Reverend Taylor."
And what he's confessing is such a shocking revelation, it just might break Brooke's heart.
What's not secret is that Barr, a two-time Emmy winner and seven-times nominee, is enjoying playing these scenes.
"I haven't had a real storyline in a while," she smiles. "It's like a racehorse that likes to run. You don't want to be in the stable too long; you want to be out there on the track. So I'm very happy."

Aug 1, 2000
About.com "All My Children Fans" Poll - After some two months of mixed reviews for Eliot, here are the results of the poll for "Best New Character of June", which closed on July 31. Marilyn and Eliot won, having both received 627 votes. Charlotte won as "Worst New Character of June". The poll allowed to vote more than once. A resumé will be published on the About.com site at the end of the year. [In case you're wondering, I wasn't the only one to vote for Eliot. And the results are satisfactory to me: Marilyn has been generally praised, so she deserved to win, but this way Eliot will be remembered, without taking anything away from anybody. If this result was planned by the voters, it must have taken some skill, probably more than making him win by the thousands, and it has a certain grace and poetic justice.] §:)

May 18, 2000
David Beecroft makes his first appearance on AMC.

April 26, 2000
From The Pine Valley Bulletin: "The role of Eliot Freeman, a 40ish protestant minister who will be Brooke's new love interest has been cast! The contract role will be played by David Beecroft. That should be a nice change for Brooke after her last lover was a murdering child pornographer bomb planter that she ended up killing anyway! Some places you may remember David from... he played Dr. Paul Graham on Melrose Place, he was Trent Chapin on OLTL, and he was Nick Agretti on Falcon Crest. His first airdate is May 18."

April 24, 2000
From about.com - AMC Scoops: "David Beecroft (ex-Trent Chapin, OLTL) begin his contract role of Eliot Freeman in mid-May.  He is scheduled to become involved with Brooke. If you watch General Hospital, David's brother, Greg Beecroft was the recast of Duke Lavery in 1990."

April 11, 2000
From the Soap Opera Digest: "The coveted contract role of Pine Valley minister Eliot Freeman has gone to DAVID BEECROFT. The actor, whose soap credits include stints on One Life to Live, Falcon Crest, and Melrose Place, will first appear on All My Children in mid-May." [thanks, dq!]

April 3, 2000
From Daytime TV Magazine - News Archives: "FAMILIAR FACES TO NEW PLACES"
"DAVID BEECROFT joins All My Children in the contract role of Eliot Freeman beginning mid-May. David is no stranger to daytime. He is remembered as Trent Chapin on One Life to Live, a role he portrayed in 1984. He also has guested on Falcon Crest, Melrose Place and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. David’s brother GREGORY BEECROFT portrayed Duke Lavery on General Hospital."

March 30, 2000
From Soap Central - The AMC Pages: "A New Love For Brooke"
"After a failed romance with child pornographer Jim Thomasen, a friends-but-not-lovers buddyfest with Jackson Montgomery, a fizzled affair with Dimitri Marick, and a disastrous relationship with not one but three Pierce Rileys, Brooke English (played by Julia Barr) will soon find the heavens smiling down upon her.
"A casting call has been put out for the contract role of Eliot Freeman. It's said that Eliot, a man in his forties, will turn out to be a minister --- a unique change of pace from some of the other men who've been in her life. Eliot is slated to be a love interest for Brooke, but it is possible that that could change.
"According to insiders with the network, many familiar faces have tried out for the part. Rumored to have audition for the casting department is Stephen Schnetzer (ex-Cass from Another World/), Paul Satterfield (ex-Paul, General Hospital and ex-Pierce, The Bold and The Beautiful) and Michael Swan (ex-Adam, B&B, ex-Bishop John Carpenter, One Life to Live and ex-Duncan from ATWT). So far no word on who has the early edge."