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Major series role for Harrison Ford on Apple TV+
Harrison Ford goes into production. Photo: Richard Shotwell/Invision via AP/dpa
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We’ll have to wait a little longer for “Indiana Jones 5”. But the series “Shrinking” helps Harrison Ford fans get over it.
Hollywood star Harrison Ford (“Star Wars”, “Blade Runner”, “Indiana Jones”) takes on his first major TV series role at the age of 79.
For the streaming service Apple TV + Ford will play in the comedy series “Shrinking”, as reported by the industry journals “Variety” and “Hollywood Reporter”. Apple TV+ announced the project last October.
Jason Segel (42, “How I Met Your Mother”) mimics a psychotherapist who suddenly freely tells his patients his opinion and thus stirs up their lives. Ford plays his mentor, a behavioral therapy pioneer who is forced to rebuild his own life after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
Alongside Segel, Bill Lawrence, creator of the award-winning comedy series Ted Lasso, is on board as producer for the ten-episode series. Ford has recently appeared on screens in films such as “The Call of the Wild” (2020), “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (2019) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
He recently filmed Indiana Jones 5. The adventure sequel, starring Ford as archeology professor Henry Walton Jones, is slated to hit theaters in June 2023. At the beginning of his career, Ford had small TV roles, such as in the western series “The People of Shiloh Ranch” and “Gunsmoke”.