In a recent interview, the actor from “The Pitt” spoke about his career and revealed whether the rumors that he auditioned for the role of Ross Geller in “Friends” are true.
Noah Wyle recently spoke about the beginning of his career and revealed whether the rumors that he auditioned for the role of Ross Geller in “Friends” are true.
In September 1994, the medical drama “ER” and the series “Friends” premiered just a few days apart, and for years both shows were hugely successful on television around the world.
The actor from “The Pitt” made only a guest appearance in the first season of the sitcom, playing Dr. John Carter, his role from “ER”, but for some reason the internet spread a rumor that Wyle, before joining the medical series, had auditioned for the character played by David Schwimmer.
In an interview with Variety, Wyle denied the story: “My memory is a little fuzzy, but I would remember if I had auditioned for Friends,” he told the publication.
According to the actor, he is certain that he did not audition for “Friends” because at the time, at 23 years old, he had “a bit of a snobbish attitude toward doing television” and read the script for the pilot of “ER”, written by Michael Crichton, believing it was a film.
“When I found out it was a series, I didn’t pay much attention to it, because I thought: ‘It’s so good they’ll cancel it. There’s no way this will last,'” he recalled.
For Wyle, now 54, it’s ironic to think that as a young man he believed television wasn’t for him; “I kind of turned my nose up at the idea of a career in television, which is ironic because it’s exactly what I’ve enjoyed for the past 30 years.”
“I love what I thought would be limiting. I discovered that I love the consistency, and what I thought would become boring, I found an endless complexity in,” he concluded.
Currently, Wyle is the lead actor and executive producer of the drama series “The Pitt”, released in January 2025 on HBO Max, which has been a major success with both critics and audiences.
In the story, he plays Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, the doctor who leads a team of medical residents in an emergency room in Pittsburgh, USA.
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