Harrison Ford takes his ‘shrinking’ character’s Parkinson’s journey ‘deadly seriously’

He is on the case.

Harrison Ford says he’s not disappointed about his “shrinking” character Dr. Paul Rhodes suffering from Parkinson’s.

When people asked how seriously he takes it, the ‘Indiana Jones’ star replied, ‘Can I say deadly f—ing seriously?’

Ford, 82, co-stars on the AppleTV+ show, which currently has two seasons and has been renewed for Season 3.

Created by Bill Lawrence, star Jason Segel and “Ted Lasso” star Brett Goldstein, “Shrinking” follows Jimmy Laird (Segel), a therapist who, in the midst of grieving the death of his wife, finds himself forced to be extremely honest with himself. Transcends boundaries. Patient.

Ford’s character is one of his co-workers. His diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease was revealed at the end of the first season.

“There’s no intention of making it a joke,” Ford told people,

“But there are also people who approach these types of experiences with grace, courage and a little bit of intelligence. And that doesn’t mean that some people don’t do it.”

The “Star Wars” star added, “It’s just that this is a person who is especially equipped to tell it how it is, and I think that’s something that we can share with our audience.” Worth doing.”

Lawrence, 56, told The Post earlier this month: “The greatest gift of my professional career has been to join Harrison Ford at this stage of his career. It was really great. He is very dutiful. He is very emotional.”

Lawrence said he thinks the role becomes emotional for Ford, as the superstar is in his golden years.

“I think it gets emotional for him. I don’t feel like I’m talking out of school because we’re writing about a guy who loves his profession and is skeptical about ever leaving it,” Lawrence said.

“He brought an emotional level to it that I wasn’t expecting. And he’s kept it from feeling like a kind of disease of the week, trauma porn,” Lawrence shared of Ford’s portrayal of the psychologist.

“It’s really quite an honor because Brett and I worked with my father, Michael J. Wrote about Parkinson’s due to Fox, Phil Stutz and Brett’s father. Harrison took so much care of it. We were very, very grateful. Brett and me.”

Last month, Goldstein revealed on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” that the character is based on his father.

“So my dad has Parkinson’s, and when we were talking about the show it wasn’t something we were going to talk about publicly,” he explained.

But, he said, Lawrence accidentally “let it slip”.

After that, Goldstein shared, “I called my dad, and I said, ‘Listen, Dad, Bill told you about having Parkinson’s. I hope it’s not a problem.’ And my father said, ‘Are you telling everyone I’m Harrison Ford?’ And I said, ‘Yes,’ and he said, ‘Great. Go for it, please.’