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Josh charles8/23/2023 It was a good test for me to see the kind of friends I have. I told people, but it was just people in my inner circle that I knew could clam up and keep a secret. It’s a test of endurance.ĪWARDSLINE: How hard was it to keep Will’s death quiet for so long?ĬHARLES: How did we do it? I don’t know. You’ve got to get all of those pieces in, so you’re just sitting there doing it over and over again. You have to shoot so much coverage because there are so many people in those scenes. The courtroom stuff is not always the most fun to shoot, both as an actor and as a director. Getting a script the night before, two nights before, while you’re shooting the (previous) episode, and looking through the script and realizing you’re in court a lot, having to say a lot of that legalese, making it sound clear, precise and succinct. It’s just been great to work with this family of mine and have that be the first opportunity I’ve had to step behind a camera.ĪWARDSLINE: What was the hardest thing about playing Will Gardner?ĬHARLES: Learning all of that legal dialogue on 24 hours’ notice, or 48 hours. I know this is something I really want to do more of I want to direct a film. It was exhausting, as it always is-the process of directing television: the accelerated prep time, the scripts are really long. It was the third episode I directed for the show and the first time that I had not acted at all in it. And I think I’m up to direct another episode next season, so I think I still feel like I’ll stay involved in the show, in some capacity, and that makes me happy.ĪWARDSLINE: How was it reuniting with the cast and crew to direct episode 19?ĬHARLES: That was great. It really felt like I was there most of this year. As soon as I finished acting in episode 16 I knew that I’d be coming back a few weeks later to start prepping episode 19. I also knew, going into the season that I would be directing, too. I ended up doing one more episode than I thought. Regarding looking back, and regretting… no. The idea of doing one more partial season was something I was glad we did, especially because I feel like the show went to some really great places this year, for (my) character in particular, giving him a proper goodbye. And you’ve got to remember, I’ve been playing the character for four full seasons. It was something that I thought very long about. You make these decisions when you make them, and it’s no reflection of the show, it was just my own sort of internal process. I was always going to try to give the show a few episodes this year to help them arc it out, but I’m glad that we ended up doing more.ĪWARDSLINE: After you found out what was in store for your character in season five, did you pause for a second and reconsider leaving?ĬHARLES: No. It was just a creative decision for me wanting to go and explore new stuff-in my life, in my career. Why was that?ĬHARLES: I would rather not bore people with contract details, but the reality is that I had a very short-term deal, it was renewed a couple of times over, and at the end of the fourth year my contract was up, and I chose not to renew. So, yeah, I wasn’t really looking to do a series, per se, but this one came around, and I’m glad it did.ĪWARDSLINE: You never signed a standard seven-year deal, it was more you re-upping every year. I liked the fact that it was shooting in New York and Julianna (Margulies), who was a friend, was doing it. JOSH CHARLES: I don’t think I particularly was, but it came my way, and I thought it was really well written. Charles already has one Emmy nom for The Good Wife and now is looking to join a long list of actors who won supporting acting drama Emmys after their characters were killed off, including Drea de Matteo and Joe Pantoliano of The Sopranos, Margo Martindale of Justified and, most recently, Boardwalk Empire’s Bobby Cannavale.ĪWARDSLINE: Were you looking to do a series when you were approached for The Good Wife? This was the longest TV stint for Charles-he previously toplined Aaron Sorkin’s critically praised ABC comedy Sports Night, which ran for two years in the late ’90s. Josh Charles was part of one of the most shocking moments of the year when his character Will Gardner was gunned down on CBS’ The Good Wife.
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