Jessica Williams reveals why she was 'a little self-conscious' around 'Shrinking' co-star Harrison Ford

Jessica Williams reveals why she was 'a little self-conscious' around 'Shrinking' co-star Harrison Ford
Jessica Williams opens up on her experience of working with Harrison Ford for the TV series 'Shrinking' (IMDb, Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jessica Williams is recalling her time with Harrison Ford while filming the comedy-drama 'Shrinking.'

The 34-year-old actress, who plays a spunky therapist, drives Ford, 81, her grumpy mentor at a behavioral therapy center to work, says working on the set was a "really nervous" experience.

Jessica Williams says she was a 'little self-conscious' in front of Harrison Ford

Speaking about why she was nervous on the set while around the 'Han Solo' actor, Williams said, "It’s almost like when you don’t care about typing when you’re alone, but all of a sudden somebody’s over your shoulder."

"And you’re like, ‘Oh, how do I type?’ And then you mess up … and you’re like, ‘I promise I type better than this.’"

"So I get a little self-conscious driving in front of Harrison Ford for that reason," she added.


 
 
 
 
 
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The first-time Emmy nominee Williams further shared how Ford never failed to entertain the cast on set.

"He’s a classic joke teller," she said of the actor who is being honored with the Career Achievement Award on Sunday, January 7, at the Critics Choice Awards.

"Like, you know people that will give you a setup, a punch line and tell you a story … It’s just such a cool kind of old-school thing to do," she added.

Jessica Williams reveals why Harrison Ford is not in 'Shrinking' cast's group chat

Despite being part of the star-studded cast of 'Shrinking', Ford finds himself out of the cast's group text chain.

Williams said her 'Shrinking' co-stars have a group chat but the 'Indiana Jones' actor is "definitely not on it.

"You could say it’s a group chat minus one," she told the New York Post,l. "I just don’t think he texts. I don’t think he has to text. I don’t even know if he has a phone," Williams said of Ford.

Inside Jessica Williams' career

Williams, who is nominated for Emmy's Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series  moved to New York City at the age of 22 to work on 'The Daily Show' and was the youngest correspondent the show has ever hired.


 
 
 
 
 
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After spending a decade in New York, she is currently living in California. "Sometimes, when I have anxiety, it’s really hard for me to go underground in a tunnel where there’s starts and stops," Williams said of her life in the Big Apple.

"Also if I was going to be on ‘The Daily Show’ or if I was acting, you actually don’t really want to take the subway because you can get stuck."

"Sometimes productions will be like, ‘Please, for the love of God, do not take the train to set because you literally might just be stuck underground,'" she added.

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