Harrison Ford gets candid about Jason Segel's past nude scene, offering some funny praise for his Shrinking co-star. In the Apple TV+ comedy from Segel and Ted Lasso collaborators Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, Segel plays a therapist who can barely keep his life together after the death of his wife. Offering his patients questionable advice and getting into all sorts of trouble, Segel's character, Jimmy, turns to Dr. Paul Rhodes (Ford) for advice. The comedy also stars Jessica Williams, Christa Miller, and Michael Urie
In an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, to promote his roles in Shrinking and the Yellowstone prequel 1923, Ford clarified past reports about the fact that he didn't know who Segel was before working with him on the Apple TV+ show.
In fact, Ford mentions that he'd seen a few of Segel's films — including the drama The End of the Tour and the romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. In the quote below, the veteran reviews Forgetting Sarah Marshall and jokingly praises Segel's nude scene:
I knew who he was. I had seen a couple of films that he was in. I had seen at least some of –Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and I had also seen another film he did, really fantastic called End of the Tour. Beautiful. I watched it. I watched Sarah Marshall again. I thought it was really fantastic. The producer asked me what I thought, and I said: 'nice penis.'
Why Harrison Ford Is Now Appearing On TV Shows
Given his stature as an unmistakable movie star, Ford has spoken about what drew him to 1923 and Shrinking. In the case of the former, Ford praised Yellowstone boss Taylor Sheridan for successfully capturing an exciting story during a particular milieu. The same is true for why the Indiana Jones icon agreed to join Shrinking, though he did playfully ask to be on-screen more. In general, more and more established movie names are turning to TV, and designations between the two mediums are becoming less relevant than they have in a long time.
Although the rise of shorter seasons and limited-run series have their own drawbacks, such as writers getting less of an opportunity to gain experience by working on scripts, it has allowed busy actors to join shows and enjoy career resurgences without worrying about agreeing to long-term commitments and multiple seasons. With each awards season, it is established names like Amanda Seyfried and Kate Winslet who win for their work in TV, usually off the strength of relatively few episodes. It's a big reward, minus the past long-term limitations of television.
Another thing to consider is that Shrinking, which could have been a movie in the past, is the sort of low-key comedy that's increasingly rare to see on the big screen as theaters and adult-oriented dramedies and character studies still struggle to gain a consistent foothold with audiences. In a lot of ways, television is where a wider range of stories are told nowadays, so it's no wonder shows are able to attract big names like Ford.