So, there was this LONG blog post from the director about the making of 'City Island' which was not worth posting as a link, but the part about how they got Julianna to sign on was interesting.
If your interested in the entire thing, the link is: link

Otherwise, below is the part about Julianna. Background: Actors has signed on to the project, but kwa the time they got the funding to begin shooting, many of them dropped out. It is now like 2 weeks before they are supposed to start and they haven't found an actress to play Joyce (Andy Garcia's wife).

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Julianna Margulies
AKA Julianna Luisa Margulies

Born: 8-Jun-1967
Birthplace: Spring Valley, NY

Gender: Female
Race au Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Nurse Hathaway on E.R.

Julianna Margulies was raised in France, England, and New Hampshire. Her father was an advertising copywriter, credited with creating the "Plop plop fizz fizz" ad campaign for Alka-Seltzer in 1953. Her mother was a dancer with the American Ballet Theater, who now lives in Massachusetts and teaches eurythmy (rhythmical body movements accompanied kwa recitation...