George Clooney knows how to save a life - and not just on television. Actress Julianna Margulies spoke on how her ER co-star helped her character Carol Hathaway not be killed off on the show in the planned pilot episode. Her losing her temper during her audition almost cost her the series.

"What happened was, I was in L.A. visiting a boyfriend," the Good Wife star said on the Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday.

She explained to show host Kelly Clarkson : "I had three auditions that day, and being that I grew up with a hippie, crazy, wonderful mother, who was always late...

I'm usually early, because I never want to keep anyone waiting." Brad Pitt makes bold fashion choice as he returns to LA after red carpet debut with Ines de Ramon George Clooney performs heroic act on Venice Film Festival red carpet as he shows off hidden talent However, at the audition, "there was probably 50 people in the waiting room and they were running two hours behind, and I was pissed." While Julianna started to angrily leave, she admitted that “the casting director called my name and I rolled my eyes like, 'Oh really'.

.. So I went in to audition for a recurring character, but I was so pissed off that I did it really rudely, a little New York anger.

” Julianna disclosed that she thought she “flunked” her audition and was “walking out” when the casting director stopped her. “I knew I'd flunked, and I walked out of the audition, and the casting director said, 'Hold on a minute, you're not righ.