Noah Wyle Reveals Which ER Castmate He's Reuniting with Soon — and Says Some of Them May Appear on The Pitt

Noah Wyle is back in the hospital on Max’s The Pitt, and if he has his way, some of his ER castmates will be joining him soon.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight in a video posted March 20, Wyle, 53, said of the cast of his old NBC medical drama, “We all do keep in touch.” Wyle starred as Dr. John Carter on the show beginning in 1994. He left after the show’s eleventh season but returned for episodes in seasons 12 and 15 (the latter being the show’s final). Other original cast members included Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene, George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross, Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton and Julianna Margulies as Nurse Carol Hathaway. 

Wyle also revealed that he’s going to see one of his castmates very soon. “I’m about to go to New York in a couple of weeks and cheer on Mr. Clooney in his Broadway debut, as a matter of fact,” he explained. Clooney, 63, currently stars in Good Night, and Good Luck, an adaptation of the 2005 movie he directed of the same name. The movie received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

As for any of the ER castmates showing up on The Pitt, Wyle said, “The chance to work together again is something we always look forward to.” 

On The Pitt, which premiered on Jan. 9, Wyle plays Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, a senior attending who leads a shift in a Pittsburgh hospital’s emergency room. The show takes place over just one day, with each episode of the show lining up with an hour of the doctors’ and nurses’ shifts. The breakout series also stars Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez and Taylor Dearden (the daughter of actor Brian Cranston). The show also taps a flurry of guest stars to bring the hospital’s patients to life.

Wyle, who also works as a writer on the series, told PEOPLE earlier this month that joining a medical show again “was like getting to go back to high school.” He explained, “It was like picking up an instrument that I haven’t played in 15 years and finding that my fingers still knew where the notes were.”

But the actor admitted he “didn’t want to do anything in this [medical genre] for the longest time, for obvious reasons." He changed his mind because The Pitt “was an opportunity to shine the spotlight back on the first responders who really need it right now.” He called the show "a vehicle for people to go on a journey and get a new look at what hospitals are like and what healthcare is like these days."

"I really wanted this show to happen. I wanted to put this on the air, and I knew this was an important story to tell," explained Wyle, who — in addition to actor and writer on the show — is also an executive producer. "I don't know that I've ever really forced myself to leave my comfort zone and act as aggressively and pursue something as I have with this. This was extremely important to me and I surprised myself with how far I was willing to go to make it happen and how hard I was willing to work."