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Noah Wyle Was Nearing a ‘Nervous Breakdown.’ Then Came ‘The Pitt’: It’s ‘Infuriating We Can’t Come to a Consensus’ on Masks and Vaccines

Noah Wyle didn't want to play a doctor again after his 15 years on "ER." Then came COVID and "The Pitt."

It’s not until our interview is winding down, and he excuses himself to run to the restroom, that the reason we’ve been talking — about why he decided to play a doctor again, about how he fostered an uncommonly collaborative set, even about being sued by the estate of “ER” creator Michael Crichton — finally hits him. The pressures that have piled onto him all day — especially his unresolved PTSD from the pandemic, when he had to take his mentor off life support — finally reach a breaking point, and in an aria of uncontrollable anguish, Robby’s face flushes and he crumples onto the floor, overcome with ragged, heaving sobs. Styling: Maryam Malakpour/The Only Agency; Styling assistant: Yurga Juozapa; Grooming: Johnny Hernandez/Fierro/Dior Backstage; Look 1 (cover) Blazer and trousers: Lardini; Shirt: God’s True Cashmere: Tank: Amiri; Shoes: Churches; Look 2 (in elevator): Full look: Saint Laurent; Look 3 (green overshirt) Over shirt: God’s True Cashmere; T-shirt: Frame; Pants: Sunspel; Look 4 (red sweater): Jacket and pants: Sunspel; Sweater: Frame; Shoes: Churches; Look 5 (elevator with sunglasses) Full look: Saint Laurent; Sunglasses: Oliver Peoples

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