Noah Wyle could find yourself being the one former ER sequence common to seem on The Pitt, however in a brand new interview, the actor says “by no means say by no means” to an onscreen ER reunion on the latter medical drama.
“The success of this present has delivered to our consciousness that there’s some actually high-profile actors that may love to come back on our present, and it’s tremendous tempting to wish to go after them, however you run the chance of it being a bit distracting,” Wyle tells Selection.
And any distractions can be detrimental to The Pitt’s mission of depicting the lives of healthcare employees in a damaged healthcare system in a fractured American society.
“One of many nice issues about Cathy Sandrich, our casting director, is she brings in these individuals that you could be know that work, however you don’t essentially deliver their supposed baggage to the position that they’re enjoying for us; you’re in a position to imagine them completely within the scenario that we’re presenting,” Wyle provides. “I really feel like that’s a mannequin that’s price enjoying out so long as we are able to. [But] if there’s a job that requires someone that has some actual gravitas, that requires bringing someone that may have a body of reference, that’s actually when it’s enjoyable to deliver these individuals in.”
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These individuals embrace different ER alums like George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Eriq La Salle, and Anthony Edwards.
Because it stands, greater than two dozen individuals in entrance of and behind the digital camera have each ER and The Pitt on their filmographies, together with some Pitt mainstays.
For instance, Katherine LaNasa, who stars as Dana Evans on The Pitt, guest-starred in a Season 9 episode of ER. Shawn Hatosy, who performs Dr. Jack Abbot, popped up in ER Season 13, as did Michael Hyatt, who performs Gloria. And Tracy Vilar, who recurs on The Pitt as Lupe Perez, recurring in ER’s fourth season.
And, after all, former ER government producer R. Scott Gemmill created The Pitt and serves as an EP on the HBO Max present alongside fellow ER EP John Wells and Wyle himself.
The Pitt, Season 2, January 2026, HBO Max