Brett Goldstein's Dad Had the Best Reaction to Learning Harrison Ford's Shrinking Character Was Inspired By Him 

Brett Goldstein reveals how his father felt about what he had Shrinkage a character based on his life.

During the performance at Late Night with Seth Meyers, the Ted Lasso actor, 44, opened up about working with Harrison Ford on the Apple TV+ drama. He explained that at first it was not known that his father inspired Ford’s character, but when it was revealed, he had a hilarious reaction.

“So my dad has Parkinson’s, and that’s not something we wanted to talk about publicly when we were talking about the show,” Goldstein said. “And then [writer] Bill Lawrence happened to miss it, and I called my dad and I said, ‘Listen, Dad, Bill said you have Parkinson’s. I hope that’s not a problem.’ And my dad said, ‘Are you telling everybody I’m Harrison Ford?’ And I said, ‘Yeah,’ and he said, ‘Damn great. Go ahead. Please go ahead.’”

Brett Goldstein (L) and Harrison Ford (R).

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Ford recently opened Vanity Fair in October to talk about his work on the hit comedy series, revealing exactly what drives him to act at the age of 82.

“Oh man, I’m out of meaningful human contact,” he said Star Wars said the alum when asked what he still has from acting. “I have to imagine with people who have great skill and experience… It’s fun to work with these people.”

“I’ve always enjoyed humor. I loved jokes. I loved constructing jokes,” Ford continued. “My father was a joke teller. Coming up with words and the ideas behind a joke have always interested me. When I thought about becoming an actor, I was ambitious for both types of work — serious drama and comedy. I found myself doing both and not making a big difference between them.”

– I think I think about a joke with the same actor’s head as I do about a serious or emotional scene – he concluded.

Harrison Ford.

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Goldstein joined Ford on screen in Season 2 Shrinkage after staying behind the scenes as a co-creator and writer during Season 1. In October, fellow co-creator Jason Segel told PEOPLE that he wanted Goldstein to take on a darker role that differed from his character on Ted Lasso.

“Brett is capable of doing anything,” Segel said, noting that Goldstein was closely involved with the project from the start. “I secretly knew he wanted to play the part and I knew he would kill it.”

Michael Urie shared a similar sentiment in November, telling PEOPLE that he was impressed by Goldstein’s ability to play a “completely different guy” than what he’s been doing.

“It’s marketing genius because people know he’s on it, but they don’t tell them what they’re playing. But to anyone who watches the show, I like to tell people, ‘Yeah, he’s on it, but you’re not going to believe who he’s introducing.'” , he said, noting that Goldstein’s character is connected to “an old story that you already know and don’t even think about.”

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New episodes Shrinkage they arrive on Apple TV+ on Wednesdays.

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