Michael J. Fox has shared extra about his “superb” expertise whereas filming Shrinking season 3, together with co-star Harrison Ford’s “protecting” nature. Created by sitcom legend Invoice Lawrence alongside stars Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein, the Apple TV dramedy will return for its third season within the new yr, recent off seven nominations — together with Excellent Comedy Sequence — on the 2025 Emmy Awards.
Very like Lawrence’s different current Apple TV hit, Ted Lasso, Shrinking is not your run-of-the-mill sitcom. One of many main storylines from the primary two seasons that shall be continued in season 3 is therapist Paul Rhodes’ (Ford) ongoing battle with Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative dysfunction that impacts the mind and the physique’s motion.
Throughout an interview with PEOPLE on the A Humorous Factor Occurred on the Technique to Treatment Parkinson’s Gala — hosted by the Michael J. Fox Basis for Parkinson’s Analysis — Shrinking season 3 visitor star Fox shared how a lot working with Harrison Ford meant to him. “[He’s] so sensible and so enjoyable to work with. [He’s] so protecting of me and needed me to have an ideal expertise,” Fox mentioned.
“It was superb. Harrison is so good… I ought to say he’s an underrated actor as a result of all people is aware of how nice he’s, however the subtlety of his work,” the Again to the Future icon defined. Though the specifics of Fox’s function in Shrinking season 3 stay a thriller, Fox did reveal in a separate characteristic with PEOPLE, printed in October, that he was enjoying a personality with Parkinson’s illness in a three-episode visitor arc.
Fox, who was introduced as a visitor star for Shrinking season 3 in Might this yr, was identified with Parkinson’s in 1991. Lawrence and Fox have an extended historical past collectively, having beforehand collaborated on ABC’s mid-’90s political sitcom, Spin Metropolis. Although Fox had formally retired from performing in 2020, Paul’s story on Shrinking impressed the actor.
“It was the primary time ever I get to point out up on-set, and I didn’t have to fret about I’m too drained or coughing or something,” Fox advised PEOPLE about his Shrinking expertise. “I simply do it. It was actually good, as a result of for the moments after I say, ‘I’m not going to have the ability to do that,’ then I say, ‘Nicely, I’ll simply take care of how I can’t do it within the scene.’ And also you get by way of it.”
Within the Shrinking season 2 finale, Paul pronounces he is determined to cease taking his Parkinson’s treatment, because it has misplaced its effectiveness. How this can have an effect on his journey in season 3 stays to be seen, however Paul’s story is not simply significant to Fox. Each Lawrence and Goldstein have familial expertise with Parkinson’s.
“I’ll let you know this: what we actually care about, Brett and me, each with our household connections to Parkinson’s, is an correct and galvanizing illustration of what those who need to take care of that s— undergo, and what it means shifting ahead,” Lawrence advised Deadline following the season 2 finale in December final yr.
Michael J. Fox is not the one new actor added to Shrinking‘s spectacular forged checklist in season 3. Becoming a member of Fox and Ford of their storyline is Murphy Brown star and five-time Emmy winner Candice Bergen in an as-yet unnamed function. Two-time Emmy winner Jeff Daniels can even be a part of the collection as Jimmy’s (Jason Segel) father. Shrinking‘s upcoming season will include 11 episodes.
Shrinking season 3 premieres on Apple TV on January 28, 2026, with new episodes releasing weekly on Wednesdays till April 8.
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