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Noah Wyle’s The Pitt costar Isa Briones revealed that he may have played a major role in keeping people entertained on set
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With cellphones banned on set, the show created a library that Wyle reportedly donated to
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Wyle refused to reveal who started the library, but said it must have been an “incredibly noble and generous person”
Noah Wyle is a confirmed bookworm!
Just when everybody thought Wyle, 53, couldn’t get any more lovable, it is revealed that he may have played a major role in keeping people entertained on the set of The Pitt.
His costar Isa Briones gave insight into the actor’s generous efforts while speaking to Variety in an interview published on Wednesday, April 9. She said that he would always ask background actors about the books they were reading. With cellphones banned on set, the show created a library that Wyle donated to, according to Briones.
However, when questioned about the library, Wyle — who starred in, executive produced and wrote the hit medical drama — played coy. “What outside sources have you been speaking to?” he asked the outlet.
Wyle refused to reveal who started the library, but said it must have been an “incredibly noble and generous person.” He added, “I can’t even imagine who would think of such a thing.”
The ER alum continued to avoid the topic when asked if he started the library. “The variety of books was astonishing,” he offered instead. “There was everything from the classics to modern releases. One woman kept the entire anthology of Harry Potter inside of her pregnancy belly.”
But Wyle had several thoughts on the best books to donate. “I remember thinking if I was going to bring books in, I was concerned about anything that could introduce conflict or acrimony into a harmonious set,” he said. “So I went with books that I thought would be enjoyed by the most amount of people… If I did it, but because that would be foolish for me to do, I didn’t do it.”
As for his response, the actor admitted that he doesn’t “like taking credit for anything.”
“You’re not getting me on the record. It wasn’t me, officer,” he joked.
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Whether Wyle started the library or not, this isn’t the first time he has been exposed as a big reader. In fact, the actor has shared book recommendations on his Instagram page in the past.
In August 2024, he posted a selfie of himself and the book What’s Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Mary Elizabeth McCormack and Melissa Fitzgerald with a sweet caption about West Wing actress McCormack.
“Congrats to my dear friend Mary McCormack on the completion and release of this fabulous book,” he wrote. “The time couldn’t be more right to revisit the intentionality behind this iconic series. I highly recommend.”
The actor also had his nose in a book in October 2020, when he shared three of his recent reads, including The Long Take by Robin Robertson, Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi and The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson.
“I haven’t recommended a book in a while,” he wrote. “Here’s three I really enjoyed. Happy Sunday.”
It seems that Wyle will never beat the bookworm allegations or get his costars to stop talking about his remarkable behavior on set. The Pitt star Fiona Dourif previously told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that she felt inspired by his knowledge of medical lingo.
“It was so deeply hard and interesting to watch Noah Wyle do it, who’s just like effortless,” she said of her costar. “It was like watching a champion ice skater twirl around on the ice. We were just like, ‘How is he doing that?’ Especially when you add in the choreography with props and the surgeries, it was not easy.”
Elsewhere in the Variety interview, Wyle spoke about being sued by ER creator Michael Crichton’s widow Sherri Crichton over breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and intentional interference with contractual relations.
The actor said that he feels “profoundly sad and disappointed” by the lawsuit, which calls The Pitt “a shameful betrayal of Crichton and his legacy” and “a callous disregard for Crichton’s inception of ER.”
“This taints the legacy, and it shouldn’t have,” Wyle said of the suit. “At one point, this could have been a partnership. And when it wasn’t a partnership, it didn’t need to turn acrimonious.”
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