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How delightful! John Noble is back in our lives in a grand way as the star of Friend, a beautifully emotional short film teeming with the Fringe DNA. “My daughter Jessie approached me with the script and I fell in love with the story, the message, and the character,” says Noble, who then proudly showed his daughter’s script “to my Fringe family…and suddenly we had a small crew of offering themselves to get this film made!”

The “labor of love,” as Noble calls it, was filmed over a weekend break in Vancouver (at both Noble’s home and Stanley Park) while the beloved Fox sci-fi drama was wrapping its series finale. So you’d think everyone involved with that massive episode would have preferred the time off. Not exactly.

“The amazing thing about Friend was our entire production team was made up of Fringe crew. That’s what made it such a unique and personal project,” recounts Noble. “Our director was Fringe director of photography David Geddes; our editor was Ari Margolis, who created Fringe‘s wonderful online trailers; and our original music was composed by Jeremy Little, who contributed that wonderful cover of “If I Only Had A Brain” heard in ‘The Firefly’ episode from Season 3.” In addition, the actor says that “the cameramen, grips, lighting, sound, catering, script supervisor, makeup, hair, wardrobe, props — they all came from the Fringe family and brought this project to life. Jasika Nicole even designed and handmade the paper flowers used in the film. It was a family project in every sense.”

Telling the story of a man dealing with grief in a manner even Walter Bishop would admire, Noble has no doubt that the short — which also features a final-moments appearance by Penny Noble, his wife of 40 years — “will be considered cryptic by some…there is a lot to this little film and I look forward to sharing it with Fringe fans who appreciate the mysterious side of life.”

So without further ado, TV Guide Magazine proudly presents the world premiere of Friend. Enjoy.

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Friend is a short film starring John Noble, who produced the project alongside his daughter Jess, who also wrote it. Fringe DP David Geddes was the DP and directed. Hit play below to check out the teaser, cut by@jonxproductions (Ari Margolis) :

Noble will play Alicia’s old client, whom Julianna Margulies described as “a very interesting character who is sort of a brilliant techie guy that constantly sues people.” He will appear in Alicia’s flashbacks.

The actress told TV Guide Canada about working with Noble, “He just elevated the part to such a different level. It was remarkable to work with him and just a pleasure to have on set.” She went on gushing, “On the page, I thought, ‘Is this going to make sense?’ and he filled it with such incredible talent. I can’t even tell you. I looked at him and I went, ‘I didn’t even know that was the character. I’m so blown away.’ ”

Noble will join a string of guest stars enlisted for the fourth season of the CBS legal drama series, including Matthew Perry, Michael J. Fox, Christina Ricci and Kristin Chenoweth. The 64-year-old actor recently ended his five-year stint as Walter Bishop on the canceled FOX series “Fringe”.

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