Jason Segel on Reuniting with HIMYM Costar Cobie Smulders on Shrinking — and Facing 'Tough S—' Together in Their 'Most Formative Years'

Jason Segel and Cobie Smulders go back in time!

Soon after the reunion with his own How I met your mother costar in Shrinkage season 2, Segel, 44, said Diversity that having the chance to share the screen with Smulders, 42, “was a dream” again.

“We worked for nine years How I met your mother and that was never part of the Marshall/Robin dynamic, so that was a gap in our acting experience together,” the actor said of their beloved. CHEMISTRY characters.

(L-R) Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor, Neil Patrick Harris and Cobie Smulders on ‘How I Met Your Mother’.

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When it comes to Smulders’ cameo in the December 11 episode Shrinkagesaid Segel, “I think the reason people respond to it, the reason it feels like, ‘Oh, I’d love to see them together again,’ is because this is a scene where two people meet for the first time, but you should have some other feeling, ‘Wow, what’s going on there?'”

The actor described their reunion as a full-circle moment and called their return to the screen “so cool.”

“I think what’s going on there, what’s so cool and how acting works, is that we’ve known each other for 10 years in our most formative years, through all the time and become who you are,” he explained. “And then to stand opposite each other as adults and say, ‘Look at us still here, we’re still standing.'”

(L-R) Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders and Neil Patrick Harris.

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He added that both are theirs Shrinkage the characters, Jimmy (Segel) and Sofi (Smulders) “have fallen on hard times”, like themselves in real life.

“Cobie and I have each been through some tough s— side by side,” he said.

From 2005 to 2014, Segel and Smulders played Marshall and Robin, respectively, on the hit CBS sitcom for nine seasons.

In this season ShrinkageJimmy stopped by Sophie’s home to buy a used yellow Volkswagen as a birthday present for his daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell). He was joined by his first neighbor Derek (Ted McGinley), who pointed out to Jimmy privately that Sofi is “free” and a “very sweet mom”.

(L) Cobie Smulders and Jason Segel in ‘Downsizing’.

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Sparks seem to be flying between the two, with Sofi even taking the initiative to text Jimmy after their first date. But as Jimmy prepared his answer, he was interrupted by his daughter Alice, who confronted him with a big no-no from his end.

Calling herself “lucky” to be part of the show, Smulders says: “I just got a call from [creator] Bill Lawrence on it. I don’t know how involved Jason was in putting it together behind the scenes, but I was so happy.”

“First of all, I’m a huge fan of the show,” she continues. “It’s such a beautiful show and it was such an honor to be able to join this amazing cast and act in a few scenes. What an absolute dream! And then I get to work with Jason again, which I miss so much.”

Smulders also said that the vibe of working with Segel again “instantly” felt like he was “one of my friends,” adding, “The show is so well written, and when someone comes into a project and the character is already alive from the script, it makes everything so easy.”

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Shrinkage season 2 is available to stream on Apple TV+.

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