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Arnold Cunningham is the main protagonist of the the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. He is an awkward, inexperienced missionary who idolizes his companion, Elder Price. They travel to Uganda together to spread the Gospel, and Arnold ends up successfully converting an entire village to Mormonism. However, it is by making up many stories and entwining Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, and other works of fiction into the Book of Mormon.
On Broadway he was played by Josh Gad, who also plays Olaf in Disney's Frozen franchise, Chuck in the Angry Birds duology, Ludlow Lamonsoff in Pixels, and LeFou in the 2017 remake of Beauty and the Beast.
Personality
Arnold Cunningham is an extremely nerdy, geeky guy who is into various fantasy and science fiction franchises, including Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek, and is shown to especially love the movies and shows of these franchises. He is also shown to be a person who has never been good at making and keeping friends, always annoying them and driving them away before he can properly get to know them. Because of this, and because of a controlling father who is disappointed in him, and who he's tried to impress for a long time, Cunningham began lying - or rather making up stories - when he doesn't know what else to say. At the end of the play, however, Price and Cunningham has finally truly become best friends.
Trivia
- The role of Elder Cunningham was originated by Josh Gad.