B.L. Noah, you play a pretty nasty guy in Enough. You sure aren't the sweet Dr. John Carter, who we see every week on ER. Was this the appeal, wanting show a bit of a nasty side?
N.W. Sure, you're always looking to do something a little different than the job you are known for. Variety keeps my head fresh. I like to do things that are a little different and this certainly was that.

B.L. What was it like working with Jennifer Lopez and is it overwhelming when you have such a huge star on the set?
N.W. It's overwhelming working with a star who's that popular. As soon as I got to the set all of those anxieties were alleviated. She was very personable, friendly and extremely professional. I saw why she is as successful as she is, because she takes her work seriously. There were no distractions, it was all business. That's a sensibility that I really appreciate in my fellow actors, so we got along like a house on fire.

B.L. You had an action scene in this movie; what was that like?
N.W. Yes, my first car chase — that was fun actually.

B.L. How did you like working with Billy Campbell? That must have been interesting considering how you both had common ground from working on popular TV dramas.
N.W. Yes, Billy and I were both kind of happy to find ourselves on a film set. We were both really glad to be playing different characters than the ones that we are known for on our shows. He's a really terrific guy and we had a lot of laughs together.

B.L. I have to talk to you about ER. You are the last remaining original character from the start of that show nine years ago. I understand Eriq LaSalle is not completely out; that he's going to come back.
N.W. Sherry Stringfield coming back actually saves me from being the last remaining original cast member.

B.L. True, but you have been there all the way through. She took a break. What keeps it fresh for you and why do you enjoy working on that show so much?
N.W. I think that after nine years you develop relationships with people behind and in front of the camera. That makes it a very familial set to be on. It's very comfortable after a while and there is a lot of support. When you work with people as closely as we work with each other, you see people get married, divorced, you see them have kids, you see them unfortunately die or get sick. The way we all pull together is such a rarity. You rarely find that kind of commitment to each other on a film set and just the duration that we have been on the air allowed us that. It's addictive; you don't want to leave.

B.L. Your character was the last one to say goodbye to Anthony Edwards, who just left the show after nine years. What was that last day on the set like?
N.W. It was pretty heavy. You know there was a moment when we were looking at each other realizing that this was the last time that we would be working together. I don't think that it was lost on either one of us, how much we like each other and how these scenes were going to be the final ones. It was sad.

B.L. Eriq LaSalle, who played Dr. Benton, was recently in Toronto promoting his film and he said, "I think that Noah Wyle is the future of that show (ER) I don't know why they want me back." How flattering is that?
N.W. He just doesn't want to come back.

B.L. Oh, I think maybe he's looking forward to it.
N.W. No — trust me on this one. He does NOT want to come back!

B.L. So what would you like to see happen for Dr. Carter? Anything brewing with Abby?
N.W. I imagine that will be explored a little bit next year. I think the responsibility of taking over the chief residency of the hospital will also be explored. It will be an interesting challenge or experience just to see the show from Tony's perspective, which I have been looking at objectively for nine years now.

B.L. Plus, you are also going to be in the feature film White Oleander with Michelle Pfeiffer and Renée Zellwegger. You play Renée's husband.
N.W. She was terrific; she was very cool and we had a lot of fun. That was an interesting movie because there was a lot of scenes where we were allowed to improvise and she's a wonderful improvising actress.