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Here's Why Harrison Ford Insisted on Designing His Character's Office in Shrinking

Here's Why Harrison Ford Insisted on Designing His Character's Office in Shrinking
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The Shrinking series tells us a story of a very troubled psychologist who is suffering from trauma himself but still manages to help others.

From its very beginning, the audience sensed this engaging atmosphere that the main characters formed in their shrinking world.

Everybody who steps in is definitely about to stay even if it wasn't the plan before. And well, that's what we call a professional approach.

On the surface we have three great (each on their own terms) therapists: Jason Segel as Jimmy, Jessica Williams as Gaby and Harrison Ford as Paul.

And all the actors put a lot of time and effort into making their characters trustworthy not only for their TV patients, but also for the audience.

So when production designer Cabot McMullen started designing their offices, the cast wasn't participating in the process. But once he finished – Harrison Ford was the first one to make changes.

"When Harrison came in, he's a very physical actor who feeds off his surroundings and counts on props, set dressing and production design to fuel his process.

So, he came in and said, 'I need a chair with arms because of his character's Parkinson's disease. He started showing us where he needed pieces of furniture so he could do push-ups and exercise. He even wanted a bike there, as he thought Paul would be a cycling enthusiast," McMullen told the Variety.

It seems like Ford really tried to dig into his character and didn't want him to have less than he himself would have wanted as a real-life therapist.

But also doing his best to keep everybody in the dark about his character's personal life. And fans seem to like it.

"I am really enjoying Shrinking. Harrison Ford is awesome. I think what I like most about him is that he is a private person, so you never see any drama surrounding him. He is just a good dude," Reddit user gigmeister said.

Although there are still two episodes of season one that are about to air, fans already can't wait for the next season. Which only proves that shrinking works…