Before he rose to fame with “The Pitt,” Noah Wyle was known as one of the most beloved characters on the hit medical drama “ER.” The show ran from 1994 to 2009 and was one of the most successful shows of its time. Wyle recalled his time on the show and how he got the cast, an ‘ER’ producer John Wells He talked about meeting the actor for an audition and how it all went.
John Wells on how Noah Wyle got “ER.”
The 69-year-old producer recently appeared on an episode of the ‘A Lot More’ podcast where he talked about working with Noah Wyle when he was much younger and co-starred on ‘ER.’ Wyle was 22-23 on the show at the time he was fired.He revealed that the role had actually already been cast. “There was a wonderful actor, who goes by no name, who did very well, but we thought he had the role.” However, they were very impressed with Wyle when he walked into his audition. Wells recalled that the Emmy-winning actress was late to audition for the role. Sharing what it was like watching the actor audition, Wells revealed, “We brought him back two or three times, and every time he was different and every time he was better, and he had new ideas. And I said, ‘Oh, there’s someone who’s actually an actor.’ He got the job at the last minute. He was 22, I think at the time, and he’s waiting in West Hollywood.”Wells is also currently working on ‘The Pitt’, alongside fellow ‘ER’ alum R. Scott Gemmill.
Argument of ‘ER’
The popular medical series centered around the staff working in the high-intensity ER unit at County General Hospital in Chicago. Doctors and nurses all tried to deal with their personal problems while doing their best to do well in their practice. In addition to Wyle, the long-running show also featured George Clooney, Laura Innes, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Eriq La Salle, Sherry Stringfield, Maura Tierney and more.
