George Clooney is on the hype prepare for “The Pitt.”
The 64-year-old actor appeared on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Monday and praised his former “ER” co-star Noah Wyle’s widespread new medical sequence, which is on the middle of a lawsuit involving “ER” creator Michael Crichton’s property.
“Have you guys seen that show?” Clooney, 64, requested the viewers. “It’s so good.”
“I have to say, we’ve been really dear friends since we did the [‘ER’] pilot,” Clooney mentioned about Wyle, 54. “He is just the most honorable, talented young man.”
Clooney continued, “I get to say [that] because I’m an old man and I cannot be happier for his success on the show. The show is just a beautiful show, and he does just a great job with it.”
Clooney and Wyle labored collectively on the primary 5 seasons of “ER.” Clooney departed the sequence in 1999, whereas Wyle remained a sequence common till 2005.
The NBC medical present led to 2009 after 15 seasons.
In April, Wyle and fellow “ER” alums Julianna Margulies and Anthony Edwards supported Clooney on the Broadway premiere of his “Good Night, and Good Luck” play.
Wyle performs Dr. Robby on HBO Max’s “The Pitt,” which he additionally govt produces. The critically acclaimed sequence is about in a fictional Pittsburg hospital in a post-pandemic world.
Earlier than the present premiered in February, Crichton’s widow, Sherri, sued Wyle, creator R. Scott Gemmill, govt producer John Wells and Warner Bros. Tv, alleging that “The Pitt” is a rebranded model of an unauthorized “ER” reboot.
“It’s not like ER, it’s not kind of ER, it’s not sort of ER. It is ER complete with the same executive producer, writer, star, production companies, studio and network as the planned ER reboot. No one has been fooled,” the Aug. 2024 lawsuit claimed.
A rep for Sherri — whose husband died in 2008 — instructed Rolling Stone that she was concerned in making an “ER” reboot earlier than Warner Bros. allegedly “abruptly broke off negotiations and announced ‘The Pitt’ — a carbon copy of the ‘ER’ reboot that was pitched to her.”
Wyle instructed Selection in April that he’s “profoundly sad and disappointed” by the lawsuit.
“At one point, this could have been a partnership. And when it wasn’t a partnership, it didn’t need to turn acrimonious,” the Emmy-nominated actor added. “But on the 30th anniversary of ‘ER,’ I’ve never felt less celebratory of that achievement than I do this year.”
Patrick Ball, who performs Dr. Langdon on “The Pitt,” weighed in on the lawsuit in an unique interview with The Put up.
“Mercifully, they keep us completely out of the loop with that,” Ball shared in April. “I have really no idea what’s going on with it.”
