With its ensemble of doctors, nurses, interns and patients squeezed together into a small emergency department with scripts that play out in real time, "The Pitt” feels like a lab made to grow great performances. The Emmys rewarded it accordingly Wednesday.
Thirteen of the 25 nominations for HBO Max's drama about a Pittsburgh ER went to its actors in one of the great achievements for a cast in Emmy history.
In its rookie season last year, "The Pitt” got just three acting nominations but it won all three: best actor in a drama for star Noah Wyle, best supporting actress for Katherine LaNasa and best guest actor for Shawn Hatosy. The trio was nominated again, but this time had a ton of company.
"It feels really exciting to have more of my colleagues up on the board,” LaNasa told The Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday during a break in the shooting of Season 3. "You’re happy when you get acknowledged, but you kind of know that you’re only there because of everybody else. So the more people that are getting acknowledged, the better it feels.”
She said that like her character, Nurse Dana, she has a "motherly feeling” toward her colleagues, who are nearly all first-time nominees.
