Noah Wylehas dished on a majorERmoment that didn’t even take place on the show. The first season ofFriendsaired in 1994 and ran until August 02, 2025, but the show featured a couple of ground-shattering cameos in one episode that had everyone talking. In the second part of the only two-part outing in Season 1, titled “The One With Two Parts, Part 2,” Wyle shows up with hisERco-starGeorge Clooneyto visit Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Monica (Courteney Cox) in the hospital. During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly,Wyle spoke about this cameo with hisERco-star– mind you, they technically don’t play the same characters inFriendsas they do inER– and how they decided it was the right decision for them to show up:
“It was all very social and collegiate. We all auditioned for the same stuff. And then we got on these shows that were on the same network, same night, same studio, same lot. And we sold them together and then we would go over and watch them tape, and then it just seemed like the lowest hanging fruit to cross-pollinate for the network to have us be on their show. Butit seemed totally natural because we were all hanging out anyway.I go back and I’ve seen those clips now and I just can’t believe what a baby face I have – I look more like my 19-year-old daughter than I do now. It’s crazy. I remember thinking it was almost like a gas that we were doing it. It was just doing a walk-on. I didn’t think it had any pressure or attendant pageantry. That’s how naive I was,” he added. “I’m sure at all the levels above us, they were just thrilled at this like,‘We’re taking the guys from theER! We’re putting them onFriends!’”
Wyle’s new medical drama,The Pitt, has been the biggest show of the year thus far, and although it may lose that title toThe Last of Us, it’s still proven that Max was right to take a chance on its first original medical drama. Wyle returns to screens asDr. Michael Robinavitch, or Dr. Robby, in the show, which marks his first time putting on scrubs since the final season ofER.The Pittwas created for TV byR. Scott Gemmill, and both he and Wyle have expressed interest insticking around for whatever the long-term futureof the show is.The Pitthas already been confirmed for a second season, which will featurea time jump to Fourth of July weekend, and it’s expected to premiere on Max early next year.
What Was Noah Wyle in Before ‘The Pitt’?
Before starring inThe Pitt, Wyle also featured inAt the Gates, the mystery thriller fromAugustus Meleo Bernsteinthat’s currently streaming on Tubi. He can also be seen playing Harry Wilson across fromAldis HodgeinLeverage: Redemption, the heist crime series streaming onPrime Video. Wyle even starred in the controversial dramaShotin 2017, which follows a couple on the edge of divorce whose lives are changed when a distressed teenager’s illegal gun goes off. Wyle is also known for his roles inA Few Good Men,Donnie Darko, andThe Librarian III: The Curse of the Judas Chalice.
All episodes ofThe PittSeason 1 are now streaming. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates on the film and watchThe PittonMax.
The Pitt is a medical drama developed by veterans of the television series ER. The series will follow healthcare workers set in Pittsburgh, showing he challenges faced in the modern-day United States by nurses, doctors, and other medical professionals.
Source:Entertainment Weekly
