Why Golden Globe winner Noah Wyle wanted ‘The Pitt’ to ‘put the spotlight back on first responders’
In the press room, Noah Wyle spoke about how the seed for “The Pitt” was planted as he watched the American healthcare system attempt to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I called John Wells and said, ‘I know you don’t want to do “ER” again, and I don’t either, but there might be another story to tell about what’s happening,’” he said.
The Golden Globe winner added that as he filmed “The Pitt,” he realized the stark difference between the healthcare experiences of the country’s upper and lower classes. The latter, he said, “were getting some of the worst medical information given to them.”
“So whether it was medical misinformation or a boarding crisis or a nursing shortage or morale fatigue,” Wyle said, “we wanted to put the spotlight back on first responders, talk about what they’ve been going through for the last five, six years, and, you know, in doing so, hopefully also come up with some remedies that we can improve the system and better support the people that are in those jobs.”