During an Emmy roundtable for "Hollywood Reporter" in 2014, Julianna Margulies revealed that she was only the third choice for the lead part on the show. Ashley Judd and Helen Hunt turned down the role of Alicia Florrick.
Archie Panjabi (Kalinda Sharma) claims that when she was nominated for an Emmy award, nobody recognized her. She arrived on the red carpet to get her picture taken and "every single photographer in the line put their camera down." That same night she won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Christine Baranski (Diane Lockhart) said her dream guest on the show would have been Alan Rickman. She'd have liked him to "sweep her off her feet".
Julianna Margulies wore a wig for her character and spent a reported fourteen hours a day, five days a week, and nine months out of the year working on this show.