David Schwimmer's Will & Grace character is a "totally plausible fortysomething-year-old version of Ross Geller"

Vanity Fair

The former Friends star began his five-episode stint on the NBC comedy as Grace's potential love interest, Noah, who is a notorious Twitter user called “the West Side Curmudgeon.” "Yes, there are plenty of differences between Noah and Ross," says Laura Bradley. "Ross would probably reject the notion of being any sort of blogger, beyond perhaps starting a Tumblr about dinosaurs. And unlike Ross, whose repressed rage tended to rear its ugly head at inconvenient times—like when a co-worker ate his sandwich—Noah seems more comfortable living in a constant state of low-grade anger, expressing his frustration with people who, for instance, don’t hold the door for other people. Still, looking at Noah, it’s not hard to imagine that he is the man Ross could have become—especially if he and Rachel didn’t make it for the long haul. Is it really that hard to imagine Angry Ross wandering the streets of the Upper West Side, tweeting his every frustration into the void?" ALSO: How Shelley Morrison Will & Grace maid Rosario went from Latino stereotype to complex character.