Brett Goldstein 's first day on set with Jason Segel was memorable in more ways than one. The Ted Lasso star created Apple TV+'s Shrinking alongside Segel, 44, and Bill Lawrence, and joined the cast in season 2, which premiered in October.

Segel encouraged Goldstein to take on the role of Louis, a drastic departure physically and otherwise from the gruff, fully-bearded UK football star Roy Kent that he portrayed on the Emmy-winning “Ted Lasso” for three seasons.

While getting into character was understandably elaborate, in the spirit of Shrinking Season 1’s beloved therapy technique (a 15-minute cry to a moving song on repeat) Goldstein also shared his go-to sob anthem. “If you need to cry and you ain’t got time, quick! Whack on ‘Lately’ by Stevie Wonder,” the actor said with a chuckle.

After being a writer on season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, former Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein joined the cast for season 2, and he tells ABC Audio it wasn’t