Matthew Perry is back!

Matthew Perry Returning To 'The Good Wife'

In an interview with Zap2it, Matthew Perry said his character on 'The Good Wife' was supposed to have a much bigger role, but due to his new NBC serues 'Go On' he has been forced to curtailed those plans.



Matthew Perry as Mike Kresteva and Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick on
"The Good Wife: Blue Ribbon Panel" (Season 3, episode 19)

"They had taken a risk, which I was really grateful for", Perry said of 'The Good Wife' producers. "Before 'Go On' got picked up, they had plans for it to be a much bigger character; I was going to do 9 or 10 episodes, but I know I'll be able to go back and do one or two. I wish I could do both shows, but you just can't. So far, the two episodes they've given me are some of the best writing I've encountered"

Perry appeared in two episodes of the show as Mike Kresteva. The character famously sparred with Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) in the episode 'Blue Ribbon Panel' and later announced a gubernatorial campaign against Peter Florrick (Chris Noth). Perry described the character as an "all-out bad guy"

"The fact he was basically a sociopath, a guy who would lie to your face, was just so much fun to play", Perry told Zap2It. "I actually got that job and 'Go On' on the same day. That was a nice day".



According to Julianna Margulies, she helped Perry get 'The Good Wife' gig. While on Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show, Margulies said she bumped into Perry at a Halloween partu and he told her he'd love to be on 'The Good Wife'.

"I said, 'If you say that, I will do something about it, so are you sure?' And he said, 'Yes, I'm sure!'". Margulies said she called up producers the next day and got him the role.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com