Who says Indiana Jones is afraid of snakes?
On Thursday, Variety published a conversation between friends and longtime collaborators Seth Rogen and Jason Segel — and in it, Rogen asks his former “Freaks and Geeks” co-star how he managed to snag Harrison Ford for his show, “Shrinking.” Segel co-stars in the Apple TV+ series that he co-created with Brett Goldstein (of “Ted Lasso” fame) and Bill Lawrence.
Segel admitted to Rogen that Ford had no idea who he was, and he had to get Goldstein and Lawrence involved to help sway “The Fugitive” star to accept the role as Dr. Paul Rhoades, a senior therapist and colleague of Segel’s character.
“He read [the script], and he didn’t know anything about me,” Segel explained. “Brett Goldstein met with him, and they had a really nice meeting, and they sent him ‘The End of the Tour’ and ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall.’”
The latter of these two movies has a very memorable scene in which Segel fully exposes his little Jason — and it seems that Ford was impressed.
