{"id":2100951,"date":"2025-10-19T01:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2100951"},"modified":"2025-10-19T01:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:05:04","slug":"noah-wyles-first-role-was-in-a-raunchy-western-starring-divine-and-tab-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/noah-wyles-first-role-was-in-a-raunchy-western-starring-divine-and-tab-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Wyle&#8217;s First Role Was In A Raunchy Western Starring Divine And Tab Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These days, pretty much everyone who watches TV knows who Noah Wyle is from his stint as dreamy young medical trainee\u00a0and eventual physician Dr. John Carter on &#8220;E.R&#8221; or his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1968796\/noah-wyle-win-emmy-hbo-the-pitt-26-years-after-er-nomination\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Emmy-winning turn as attending trauma physician Dr.\u00a0Michael &quot;Robby&quot; Robinavitch on HBO Max's hit series &quot;The Pitt.&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Emmy-winning turn as attending trauma physician Dr.\u00a0Michael &#8220;Robby&#8221; Robinavitch on HBO Max&#8217;s hit series &#8220;The Pitt.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0In 1984, however, he was a total unknown who hadn&#8217;t starred in anything at all, and he got his very first chance to experience acting in a feature film on the set of a really raunchy Western\u00a0\u2014 Paul\u00a0Bartel&#8217;s &#8220;Lust in the Dust.&#8221; &#8220;Lust in the Dust&#8221; was a comedy Western written by &#8220;Mork &amp; Mindy&#8221; scribe\u00a0Philip John Taylor that starred 1950s film heartthrob Tab Hunter and drag queen Divine, and it&#8217;s as wacky as you might expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Divine plays a dance hall girl named Rosie Velez who gets lost in the desert and is rescued by gunman Abel Wood (Hunter), who ends up getting into a row with local criminals over the location of some treasure. &#8220;Lust in the Dust&#8221; is extremely campy and has become a kind of queer cult classic in some circles, as Bartel is best known for the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/520162\/movies-1982\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:campy 1982 black comedy &quot;Eating Raoul,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">campy 1982 black comedy &#8220;Eating Raoul,<\/a>&#8221; while Hunter and Divine are both LGBTQ legends in their own right. It&#8217;s not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, but with that cast and some little glimpses of a very young Noah Wyle, some fans might find it worth checking out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read more: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1966014\/foundation-timeline-explained\/?zsource=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Entire Foundation Timeline Explained;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Entire Foundation Timeline Explained<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Blink and you&#8217;ll miss Noah Wyle in Lust in the Dust<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Divine as Rosie Velez and Tab Hunter as Abel Wood standing side-by-side in a western town in Lust in the Dust &#8211; New World Pictures<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Wyle isn&#8217;t in &#8220;Lust in the Dust&#8221; all that much, playing a background character in the rowdy town of\u00a0Chili Verde, he did open up about his experiences on set in the documentary &#8220;Tab\u00a0Hunter Confidential,&#8221; saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The first film I ever appeared in was &#8216;Lust in the Dust.&#8217; That set in particular had a real sense of frivolity and fun about it, and I remember being struck by Tab&#8217;s naturalism, and how effortlessly everything he was doing was coming across.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hunter is definitely playing the &#8220;straight man&#8221; (no pun intended) to Divine&#8217;s chaos in\u00a0&#8220;Lust in the Dust,&#8221;\u00a0and it must have been a fascinating lesson in acting to see the two perform in such different ways. Hunter was a fairly understated actor, having first become famous for heartthrob roles in films like 1955&#8217;s World War II drama &#8220;Battle\u00a0Cry&#8221; or the 1961 romantic comedy &#8220;The Pleasure of\u00a0His Company,&#8221; though the press was deeply concerned with his perceived homosexuality. In the 1980s Hunter leaned into it, starring in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/785918\/the-most-important-lgbtq-directors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cult classic John Waters film &quot;Polyester&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cult classic John Waters film &#8220;Polyester&#8221;<\/a> opposite Divine and then in &#8220;Lust in the Dust.&#8221; (Hunter would eventually come out as a gay man in his 2005 memoir, even revealing that he once had a relationship with late &#8220;Psycho&#8221; star Anthony Perkins.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While &#8220;Lust in the Dust&#8221; may not have been the most conventional start for Wyle, it sounds like it gave him some great lessons in acting and having a bit of fun on set, something that probably comes in very handy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1830919\/noah-wyle-the-pitt-actors-work-condition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:on the highly stressful &quot;The Pitt.&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">on the highly stressful &#8220;The Pitt.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0Everybody&#8217;s gotta start somewhere, and starting out with Divine and Tab Hunter is honestly pretty great.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you&#8217;re looking for the easiest way to keep up with all the major movie and TV news, why not <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.slashfilm.com\/newsletter-syndicated\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sign up to our free newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">sign up to our free newsletter<\/a>? You can also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=slashfilm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:add us as a preferred search source;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">add us as a preferred search source<\/a> on Google.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1994451\/noah-wyle-first-role-lust-in-the-dust-divine-tab-hunter\/?zsource=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:original article on SlashFilm;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">original article on SlashFilm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, pretty much everyone who watches TV knows who Noah Wyle is from his stint as dreamy young medical trainee\u00a0and eventual physician Dr. John Carter on &#8220;E.R&#8221; or his Emmy-winning turn as attending trauma physician Dr.\u00a0Michael &#8220;Robby&#8221; Robinavitch on HBO Max&#8217;s hit series &#8220;The Pitt.&#8221;\u00a0In 1984, however, he was a total unknown who hadn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2100952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[371926,397209,397208,321599,397210,397206,397207],"class_list":["post-2100951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dr-john-carter","tag-drag-queen-divine","tag-lust-in-the-dust","tag-noah-wyle","tag-paul-bartel","tag-tab-hunter","tag-tab-hunter-confidential"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Noah-Wyles-First-Role-Was-In-A-Raunchy-Western-Starring.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2100953,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100951\/revisions\/2100953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2100952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2100951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2100951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}