You could very confidently argue that Harrison Ford is in the form of his career right now, getting tremendous notices (rightfully) for his sterling performnce in Shrinking, and Ford had the opportunity to publicly tell showrunner Bill Lawrence how grateful he is for the role of Paul Rhoades in the hit Apple TV + show, how it has nurtured him as an actor, and how the addition of the Parkinsons storyline has had a positive effect on his career.
“I’m very grateful to you for introducing that complication to the character,” Ford told co-creator Bill Lawrence at a Shrinking panel on Sunday. “Because that makes the difference between what I’ve done my whole career and the change now that doing this work means in people’s sense of who I am. And I am glad to come to the point where this is who I am, and that was who I was.”
In the show’s recently-concluded third season, Ford’s character, Dr. Paul Rhoades, comes to grips with his new reality and moving on to the next phase of his life. He says the storyline has impacted his persona and daily interactions.
Ford added, “This is nurturing for me as an actor. And I feel the effect; it’s changed the way people relate to me on the street. And that feels like the roundness of a life.”
