George Clooney and Julianna Margulies share concerns for ER revival during virtual reunion with cast

It’s now been 11 years since the final episode of the hit medical drama series ER aired on NBC.

On Thursday, George Clooney and Julianna Margulies, who were once one of the hottest onscreen couples of the 1990s on ER, came together with some of their former co-stars for a virtual reunion on the web-series Stars In The House. 

During the chat, the show’s leading couple were united in not being in favor of a possible ER revival due to the high bar that was set during the original show’s run.

Back together! Former onscreen IT couple Julianna Margulies and George Clooney reunited with some of their ER castmates for a virtual reunion on the web-series Stars In The House

Along with Clooney and Margulies , the Stars In The House episode also featured Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle, Gloria Reuben, Laura Innes, Goran Visnjic, Ming-Na Wen, C.C.H. Pounder, and Alex Kingston.

Clooney didn’t hold back in expressing his reverence for the cast and crew, all while expressing his concerns about the idea of an ER revival.

‘When you look at the show, it’d be hard to say that we could do it [again] at the level that we did it,’ Clooney, 59, shared via TV Line. 

‘Because boy, I’ve actually been watching it a bit because my wife’s been watching it, which is very odd, and I have to say, it’s such great television.’

Oh, the chemistry: Margulies and Clooney starred alongside each other as nurse Carol Hathaway and Dr. Doug Ross from 1994-1999; they are seen in April 2008

Oh, the chemistry: Margulies and Clooney starred alongside each other as nurse Carol Hathaway and Dr. Doug Ross from 1994-1999; they are seen in April 2008

His take; Clooney didn't hold back in expressing his reverence for the cast and crew of ER, all while seeming to shoot down a possible show revival; the former ER couple seen in 2018

His take; Clooney didn’t hold back in expressing his reverence for the cast and crew of ER, all while seeming to shoot down a possible show revival; the former ER couple seen in 2018

The the two-time Oscar winner also made a point of bringing up season one’s episode Love’s Labor Lost, where Dr. Greene (Edwards) misdiagnoses pre-eclampsia as a minor bladder infection for a pregnant woman, putting her life and her unborn child’s life in jeopardy.

The actor, who played the role of Dr. Doug Ross from 1994-1999, called that episode ‘as good a piece of television as I’ve ever seen’ before confessing ‘It’s hard to catch lightning again.’

Margulies, 54, agreed with Clooney, saying, ‘You can’t capture lightning in a bottle twice. I think you have to leave what was so beautiful and move on, because it just feels cheap… It would cheapen it for me.’ 

Honest: Clooney said it would be 'hard to catch lightning again', in reference to an ER revival; Clooney and Margulies are pictured with Anthony Edwards, Sherri Stringfield, Noah Wylie, Eriq La Salle, Gloria Reuben, Laura Innes, Maria Bello, Alex Kingston, Kellie Martin and Paul McCrane in a photo from the early seasons in the mid-1990s

Honest: Clooney said it would be ‘hard to catch lightning again’, in reference to an ER revival; Clooney and Margulies are pictured with Anthony Edwards, Sherri Stringfield, Noah Wylie, Eriq La Salle, Gloria Reuben, Laura Innes, Maria Bello, Alex Kingston, Kellie Martin and Paul McCrane in a photo from the early seasons in the mid-1990s

In a recent interview, Margulies revealed that she and Clooney had crushes on each other while they filmed the show. 

‘That can’t happen if you don’t have a crush on each other,’ the actress, who played nurse Carol Hathaway, recently told People of their steamy on-camera connection.

‘And with George and me, it was so organic.’ 

She went on to reveal that she was supposed to be ‘a guest star’ on the series pilot, and that it turned into a six-season gig on what turned out to be one of the hottest drama’s on television at the time.            

United: Margulies agreed with Clooney, saying, 'You can’t capture lightning in a bottle twice'; they former onscreen couple starred together on ER from 1994-1999

United: Margulies agreed with Clooney, saying, ‘You can’t capture lightning in a bottle twice’; they former onscreen couple starred together on ER from 1994-1999