Harrison Ford Requested to Be Shirtless for This SpecificShrinkingScene, Recalls Creator Bill Lawrence (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Harrison Fordwants to bare it all!

Walking the carpet with his wife Christa Miller, who also stars in the comedy series with Ford, Lawrence said, “My favorite story I always tell people, because we were doing a shaving scene the other day, the first time [Ford] had to do a shaving scene on the show, he called me up and he’s like, ‘I’m not going to shoot this.‘ ”

The show creator recalled being confused and asking, “Why not?”

According to Lawrence, Ford replied, “If I’m shaving, I have to be shirtless.”

Bill Lawrence in December 2024.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

He continued, “And I’m like, ‘All right. You can be shirtless. What else do you need?’ He goes, ‘Just 10 minutes to do some push-ups.’ "

Miller chimed in, adding that Ford “looked good” in the scene.

When asked if Ford ultimately took off his shirt to film the scene, Lawrence said, “Yeah, of course. He shamed me,” before joking, “I work on set shirtless now. Just trying to go head-to-head.”

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Speaking to PEOPLEin an exclusive interviewtimed to season 2, Ford said he’s taking his character’s journey “deadly f—ing seriously” despite the show’s comedic nature.

“There’s no intention to make it into a joke,” he explained. “But there are people that absorb these kinds of experiences with grace and courage and a little bit of wisdom. And that is not to say that some people do not.”

Ford added, “It’s just to say that this is a person particularly equipped to communicate what it is that it’s like, and that is something that I feel that is worth sharing with our audience.”

source: people.com