The first pics featuring actor Paul Rudd in Apple TV Plus‘ buzzy limited series ‘The Shrink Next Door‘ are out. And the famously ageless star is simply unrecognisable in the pictures. Paul Rudd, as every film buff knows, has aged like fine wine. The 52-year-old actor can easily pass off as a 33-year-old, that’s how young he looks. Which makes his look in the first pictures of The Shrink Next Door all the more astonishing.
The actor sports a stark white head of hair in the pictures, along with a receding hairline. The scalp peeps through from the hair at the top of his head. He also sports a prominently bulky physical frame – starkly different from his otherwise lean and wiry frame. A salt and pepper beard, and metallic spectacles complete his look. And no matter how many times you look at the pictures, from every angle, zoomed in and enlarged, you’re gonna be like – “Paul Rudd?? NO WAY!!!”
Have a look for yourself if you don’t believe us –
Apple TV Plus grabbed “The Shrink Next Door” after an intense bidding war, with every big streamer vying for its rights. The series is adapted from the Wondery and Bloomberg Media podcast of the same name, which ranked number one on Apple’s podcast charts for three straight weeks.
The Shrink Next Door is based on the true story of a psychiatrist to celebs who took advantage of his proximity to well-known people, courtesy his profession, for personal gain. Paul Rudd plays the shrink Dr. Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf, who slowly and very shrewdly takes over the home and business of his longtime patient Martin Markowitz, played by Will Ferrell. The narrative depicts how a relationship that should be based on trust and integrity is marred by greed, malicious manipulation and outright exploitation. The shrink in the real life story has been MIA, and not been caught yet.
The eight-episode limited series also stars Kathryn Hahn, who impressed everyone with her recent turn as Agatha Harkness in Marvel and Disney Plus show, WandaVision.
The Shrink Next Door is being directed by Michael Showalter (The Lovebirds). While the original podcast was written by Joe Nocera, it has been adapted for the screen by Georgia Pritchett (Succession, Veep).
The synopsis of the podcast states that it is all about “one therapist’s psychological manipulation as he crossed lines and defrauded his patients—and he’s still out there.”
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