The star of ER and The Good Wife is back - as a doctor fighting to save humanity. She gives her bodyguard the slip to talk about our imperilled planet - and her love of Sussex A-roadsBefore I meet Julianna Margulies, I spend three days staring at her bodyguard. He´s impossible to miss: one of those men whose every attempt to blend in flounders. Margulies and I are in Lille, judges at the Series Mania television festival, although our experiences differ a little. My cloak of anonymity allows me to roam the city unpestered. Margulies, however, has been a TV mainstay for 25 years, with roles in two juggernaut shows, ER and The Good Wife. Everybody knows who she is, hence Muscles.He´s even there at the start of our interview, looming in the doorway of our room at the Chamber of Commerce. As I ease past and close the door, I ask if it isn´t a pain being constantly tailed. She smiles and says: `Three years ago, I was the guest of honour when they held this festival in Paris. When I get there, they say, `We have detail for you.´ I say, `Guys, I don´t need a bodyguard.´ But they won´t budge. We get to the hotel and I say to my bodyguard, `My husband and I are going out to lunch. You go home, please.´ So we left the hotel and I´ve never seen anything like it. People were everywhere. We backed into the hotel and my husband called the bodyguard and said, `We made a mistake!´ He said, `I know - I´m just around the corner.´` Continue reading...
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