“Shrinking”'s Neil Flynn Calls Working Alongside Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox on Season 3 'Very Strange'“ ”(Exclusive)

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Neil Flynn is opening up about working with Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox on season 3 of Shrinking

"It was very strange to be in that situation," he says of filming with the two legends. "But this late in the game, it's all a thrill"

Flynn plays Raymond, a patient of Ford's Dr. Paul Rhoades in the dramedy series

Neil Flynn was “thrilled” to return to Shrinking season 3 and film alongside Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox.

Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the Scrubs revival season 1 premiere at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 23, Flynn, 65, opened up about what it was like to work with the legendary actors.

"All my scenes so far have been with Harrison, which is just great," Flynn says. "Recently, we did one with Harrison and Michael J. Fox where the two of them were in the room, and it was very strange to be in that situation. But this late in the game, it's all a thrill."

He is quick to give credit to show creator and his longtime friend for casting him. "That’s thanks to Bill Lawrence, inviting me to join in the fun," Flynn says.

Harrison Ford and Neil Flynn in 'Shrinking'Credit: Apple TV

The Middle actor shared that he has a “solid friendship" with Lawrence, which all started decades ago. "I met Bill when he was about 22 years old, and we agreed to play in the same league basketball. It had nothing do with show business," Flynn reveals.

The two have since gone on to work together on both Shrinking and Scrubs, the latter of which recently returned with a revival. "Years later, I moved away, and when I came back we happened to cross paths again and he was at an executive producer on Scrubs," Flynn recalls about landing a role as a janitor in season 2. "We've always had a solid friendship based on things other than show business."

On Shrinking, Flynn plays Raymond, a long-term patient of Ford’s Dr. Paul Rhoades. Season 3 of the Apple TV+ series follows Dr. Rhoades as he grapples with Parkinson’s disease.

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Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, came out of retirement to guest star as Gerry, a patient with Parkinson’s. Gerry befriends Dr. Rhoades as they both navigate life with the neurodegenerative disease.

The Back to the Future actor told PEOPLE that “it was amazing” to work opposite Ford.

“[He’s] so brilliant and so fun to work with,” he said. “[He’s] so protective of me and wanted me to have a great experience.”

Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox in 'Shrinking'Credit: Robert Voets/Apple TV

Fox, 64, previously said that Ford’s performance in the show moved him to tears and made him want to be a part of it.

“That’s one thing that’s amazing about Harrison. He doesn’t have Parkinson’s, but he’s a brilliant actor. I don’t have to convince him I have Parkinson’s, but he had to convince me he had Parkinson’s,” Fox told Vanity Fair. “What I wasn’t prepared for was how much of his own understanding of the disease he brought to it. I mean, I recognized Parkinson’s in his eyes. The things I was feeling, I recognized in the way he was expressing himself.… I was just brought to tears by it.”

After hearing Fox sing his praises, Ford, 83, described the actor as “generous, supportive, open, just a wonderful person. And pretty goddamn good actor too.”

Lawrence, 56, previously told PEOPLE that Fox inspired Dr. Rhoades' storylines. The two worked together on the producer's breakout series, Spin City, in 1996. “It’s cool to get to write about things you care about now, and Michael J. Fox is my first mentor, so we wanted to represent it in hopefully an inspiring and not sad or tragic way,” he explained.

New episodes of Shrinking drop Wednesdays on Apple TV.

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