Julianna Margulies Won't Reprise 'Good Wife' Role on 'Good Fight' Because Producers 'Refused to Pay'

Julianna Margulies won’t be making an appearance on The Good Fight because she claims producers “refused to pay.”

“The showrunners had found a nice away to reintroduce my character, a story that was to span three episodes. I was really excited about the idea, but CBS refused to pay my (ask),” she told Deadline.

Apparently, she asked for a salary rate in line with what she made during The Good Wife. The Good Fight is a spinoff of The Good Wife. Instead, she was offered a guest star salary rate.

“I’m not a guest star; I started the whole thing with The Good Wife. I wanted to be paid my worth and stand up for equal pay. If Jon Hamm came back for a Mad Men spinoff or Kiefer Sutherland wanted to do a 24 spinoff, they would be paid.”