Hollywood actor Noah Wyle said he couldn’t be a part of projects such as ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ as he was busy shooting for the medical series ‘ER’, which actually gave him his breakout role as a medical student in a US drama.

Wyle made his acting debut in 1984 with ‘Lust in the Dust’, but it was in 1994 when he was cast as the medical student John Carter in the hit NBC medical drama series ‘ER’, which served as a breakthrough role for the actor.

Asked about the roles he missed, the actor said there have been several. “Yeah, tons… We talked about a couple of them, actually. ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’, George (Clooney) offered me a part in that. I couldn’t get out of ‘ER’ to do it. I was offered the part of Private Ryan in ‘Saving Private Ryan’, couldn’t get out of ‘ER’ to do it,” he said on the ‘Still Here Hollywood’ podcast, according to a PTI report from Los Angeles.

“I almost am glad that I didn’t do them, because, you know, those guys made those parts…Matt Damon was Private Ryan. There were two. I got offered the part of ‘Upham’, which was Jeremy Davies’ part, and he was so phenomenal in that I couldn’t imagine doing anything close to what he did,” he added.

Wyle currently stars in HBO’s drama series ‘The Pitt’. He won an Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as Dr. Michael ‘Robby’ Robinavitch.

According to a News18.com report, the HBO Max series completed its second season in April, and production on Season 3 officially began in June. The upcoming season of ‘The Pitt’ will unfold over a single day set in November.

‘The Pitt’ is a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh.