--- title: VIDEO: Josh Charles Talks 'The Good Wife' Shocker With Letterman description: SPOILER ALERT: Josh Charles, who plays Will Gardner on The Good Wife, sat down with David Letterman to discuss the show's latest episode. canonical: https://time.com/36869/josh-charles-the-good-wife-shock/ author: Diane Tsai article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-25T14:49:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T08:47:57.100Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: VIDEO: Josh Charles Talks 'The Good Wife' Shocker With Letterman og:description: SPOILER ALERT: Josh Charles, who plays Will Gardner on The Good Wife, sat down with David Letterman to discuss the show's latest episode. og:url: https://time.com/36869/josh-charles-the-good-wife-shock/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0ea067c8f41a598/6986871acd804d8407cc9e74/charles-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1280 og:image:height: 720 og:image:alt: Josh Charles og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: VIDEO: Josh Charles Talks 'The Good Wife' Shocker With Letterman twitter:description: SPOILER ALERT: Josh Charles, who plays Will Gardner on The Good Wife, sat down with David Letterman to discuss the show's latest episode. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0ea067c8f41a598/6986871acd804d8407cc9e74/charles-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # VIDEO: Josh Charles Talks _The Good Wife_ Shocker on _Letterman_ > Sponsored content. 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Josh Charles sat down with David Letterman on “The Late Show,” his first interview since Sunday’s shocking episode of “The Good Wife.” Charles said he had to keep the big twist a secret for months.  by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/)  ## Diane Tsai Mar 25, 2014 2:49 PM UTC **_Spoiler alert:_** _Josh Charles doesn’t hold back when talking about The Crazy Thing That Happened in the latest episode of_ The Good Wife, _so if you don’t want to know, peel your eyes away and don’t forget to pause the video!_ Josh Charles, who plays Will Gardner on [_The Good Wife_](http://time.com/35097/the-good-wife-will-josh-charles/), sat down with David Letterman on Monday night to discuss the show’s latest episode, which aired on Sunday. The conversation was filled with spoilers right from the beginning: Letterman, not one to beat around the bush, greeted Charles with, “What the hell happened? You got killed off!” “It’s what you gotta do to get on the Letterman show,” Charles joked. Watch the video above to hear what Charles thinks about the death of his character. ## Transcript [00:00] For your late night highlight, The Good Wife's Josh [00:02] Charles stopped by The Late Show to talk about Sunday's [00:05] night dramatic episode of the hit legal drama. And spoiler [00:09] alert, if you haven't had a chance to watch the episode yet, [00:13] Charles' tell all with David Letterman was chalk full of [00:16] them. What the hell happened? What an intro. You got [00:17] killed off. It's what you gotta do get on the Letterman show. [00:20] [ LAUGH ] I had to do that, I had to get [00:25] killed. Now, now you knew this was gonna happen? Yeah, [00:27] we've known this since last year. Charles said it was hard [00:30] to keep his character Will Gardner's impending death [00:33] under wraps, but he says he did tell a few people he could [00:36] really trust. Though a few fans have voiced their [00:39] displeasure with Will's sudden departure, Charles said he [00:42] thinks the episodes leading up to the end were really a [00:45] proper goodbye to the character. As for what Charles has [00:49] lined up next, surprisingly the actor says he has no plans [00:53] for the immediate future. Thanks for watching. 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