The Pitt star on 'graphic' reality of hit show and rumours Clooney helped him get role

The Pitt star on 'graphic' reality of hit show and rumours Clooney helped him get roleJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNicholas BourneBBC WalesGetty ImagesGerran Howell plays medical student Dennis Whitaker in The Pitt which follows the lives of medics in a Pittsburgh hospitalA Welsh actor who portrays a trainee doctor in Emmy-award-winning hospital drama The Pitt says he has a "new found respect" for the medical profession owing to the show's highly realistic scenes.Gerran Howell, from Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, said The Pitt - set in a US emergency department - was "built on medical accuracy" with a team of medical advisers both on and off set."There was a boot camp which was intense, they sat us all down in a room, took us through every procedure, showed us very graphic videos of every procedure and they guide us through it," he said.Howell, 35, said he had also heard reports that George Clooney had personally recommended him for the part.Howell plays fourth-year medical student Dennis Whitaker in the popular HBO drama, which follows the daily lives of healthcare professionals in a Pittsburgh hospital.Speaking to Lucy Owen on BBC Radio Wales, Howell said his character Whitaker started out "very overwhelmed" but by series two was becoming "more capable, more knowledgeable, more savvy, which I think he kind of has to be otherwise he'd be fired!"He said the series used "an incredible team of medical advisers" and "the whole show is built on medical accuracy".Getty ImagesHowell (second from right) with the cast of The Pitt"When we have a trauma scene, a big complicated scene, we're really taken through that in terms of choreography," he said, adding that the medical jargon was "a lot sometimes"."Every instrument that we're holding, we're told its purpose and, you know, maybe given some stories."Would a real medical care...