Wendie Malick Opens Up About Working with Harrison Ford on ‘Shrinking’

Wendie Malick and her Shrinking costar Harrison Ford have a particular working relationship.

Throughout an look on Jesse Tyler Ferguson‘s Dinner’s On Me podcast, the actress, 74, opened up about what it was prefer to work with the Oscar winner, 82, on the Apple TV+ sequence as his onscreen love curiosity.

“I had executed one other sequence for [co-creator] Invoice Lawrence and he mentioned, ‘I’ve bought a pleasant position so that you can play Harrison Ford’s neurologist, and you’ve got this nice chemistry,'” Malick recalled of how she met first Ford. ” I might by no means met him earlier than this present.”

“I believed that is lots of strain, however he was from the start so beautiful,” she defined. “And put me so comfy and we simply bought one another and I felt like I mentioned, ‘You are like an previous pair of denims. That is how snug I really feel with you.'”

The actress added that the 2 have “a extremely good time” on set. Although there could also be sophisticated nuances with enjoying a love curiosity, Malick mentioned she’s all the time felt “very secure” round Ford.

“He is so dry and, and likes to type of play the curmudgeon. However he is a sweetheart and it has been only a present,” she smiled.

This is not the primary time Malick has gushed about working with an actor like Ford.

In October 2024, the actress revealed that the 2 have “established a superb rapport,” making it simpler to play on-screen love pursuits.

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“That just about occurred straight away, however then coming again final season was actually fascinating as a result of we bought somewhat bit into my backstory and we shifted when it comes to our relationship after I now not might be his physician as we had been seeing one another,” she defined, referring to her character Dr. Julie Baram, who develops a romantic relationship with Ford’s Dr. Paul Rhoades after he turns into her affected person following a Parkinson’s prognosis.

“What I really like about this present is it mirrors what so many people are going by, coping with surprising loss and challenges health-wise, and the way you select your loved ones at a sure age,” she added. “It isn’t a lot the blood folks as it’s the buddies you need in your life.”