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Julianna Margulies was not the first choice for The Good Wife

Which 2 other actresses turned down the role before Julianna Margulies?

tgwfeaturedIt was Helen Hunt and Ashley Judd who turned down offers for the lead role of The Good Wife.

Their misfortune is our gain.

Julianna Margulies tells the Hollywood Reporter:

“I wanted to hate it, because you know, “F– you! You didn’t want me to begin with,'” she says.

“The writers always say: ‘No, we always wanted you. It’s just the studio wanted Helen Hunt!’ But my agent said a great thing: ‘No one will know when they watch this show that Helen Hunt was offered it before you.’ ”

They wuz right.

By the way, don’t miss next week’s compelling episode.

15 Responses

  1. Ashley Judd would’ve been good but no one could be as good as Julianna, she executes the role so well, she is just amazing and I couldn’t imagine anyone playing Alica Florrick like she does.

  2. @ ShellTVfan – totally agree with you. Great characters and great storylines. Love Alan Cumming’s role and Archie Panjabi is smoking hot! The script still has ‘wow’ moments.

    @smito478 – Helen Hunt was amazing in The Sessions, a film directed by Aussie Ben Lewin from a couple of years ago.

  3. I couldn’t imagine the other 2 doing the role as good as Julianna does. She is brilliant. Next weeks ep is going to be emotional as will the eps over the next few weeks.

    It will get thrashed by origin but I hope people still tape it.

  4. I have enjoyed this show right from the beginning and like others have said great season this season has been, for a show in its 5th year it is still wonderful acting and strong writing.

    Love so many of the characters and actors this show has been well cast, Julianna, Christine Baranski,Allen Cumming, Nathan Lane, Archie Panjabi what a great character Kalinda is. Always enjoy the character of Elsbeth when she is on a very ‘insteresting” lawyer she is.

    Channel 10 don’t get much thanks but I am greatful they keep it on the same time, the same goes with Elementry and The Americans from last year.

  5. Thank goodness Helen Hunt turned it down.

    Juliana is brilliant in the show and I can’t wait until next week’s episode.

    Shame so few people watch it. I guess repeats of the TBBT is there cup of tea.

  6. As other have said, cannot imagine anyone other than Julianna in this role. She brings a certain darkness to it (the sets are always very dark – have you noticed that? Even during the day) that Helen Hunt would not. I do love Ashley Judd though.

    I dont think Helen Hunt has done much in the past few years anyway?

  7. This isn’t the first time Helen has turned down the lead role on a network television drama. Prior to Lauren Graham joining the cast of “Parenthood”, Helen Hunt was cast in the role of “Sarah Braverman” but declined due to not being able to agree on a salary.

  8. I honestly can’t picture Helen Hunt doing Aleisha Florick. Julianna is such an amazing actress and The Good Wife is such an amazing series. I hope it goes for many more years.

  9. I honestly couldn’t imagine anybody else in the role, she is amazing. Last night’s and next week’s episode are amazing hours of television

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