Harrison Ford & Helen Mirren connected "VIGOROUS" Yellowstone Prequel 1923

When Brett Goldstein and Jason Segel teamed up with Bill Lawrence to make their caller drama Shrinking, they didn't recognize Harrison Ford was going to beryllium truthful acceptable for therapy.

"I went to conscionable Harrison Ford and helium said yes truthful rapidly that I past called Bill and was like, 'Something's incorrect successful the time-space continuum, Harrison Ford wants to bash it and helium truly loved it,'" Goldstein told E! News' Francesca Amiker astatine the Apple TV+ series' premiere connected Jan. 26. "I hatred to accidental it arsenic idiosyncratic who did it, but helium truly loved the script. I besides deliberation helium wanted to bash a comedy, and arsenic you've seen successful the show, he's f--king comic and helium ne'er had that chance."

In the series, Ford and Jessica Williams play colleagues of Segel's therapist quality who decides to commencement being genuinely honorable with their patients, regardless of the ethical barriers.

And for Williams, who had already signed connected for the series—which besides stars Michael Urie, Luke Tennie, Lukita Maxwell and Christa Miller—Ford's summation was thing abbreviated of thrilling.

"I was truly excited," she said. "I signed connected initially aboriginal on, and past I recovered retired a mates days aboriginal that Harrison Ford was gonna beryllium connected it and I deliberation I conscionable did a small dance."

"Man, that feline shows up similar a craftsman," helium shared. "He said to maine astatine 1 point, 'I dainty this occupation similar I've been hired to physique a house, and each I privation erstwhile we're done is that the radical who hired maine emotion the house.'"

For his part, Ford told E! News helium signed connected for the show, successful part, owed to co-star Segel. "I was truly impressed by the afloat scope of his work," the 1923 histrion admitted. "I mean, he's done a batch of truly absorbing things."

And the Star Wars alum wasn't the lone 1 to sing Segel's praises. Goldstein besides explained wherefore helium loves moving with his co-creator, saying, "Jason is specified a sensitive, emotionally intelligent man. He's precise casual and beauteous to enactment with."

Make an assignment for Shrinking each Friday connected Apple TV+.