Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd on The Shrink Next Door and the Wild Story

With the first three episode of The Shrink Next Door arriving on AppleTV+ tomorrow, I recently got to speak with Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd about making the limited series. If you haven’t seen the trailer or heard the wild true story it’s based on, the eight-episode series explores the bizarre relationship between Martin “Marty” Markowitz (Ferrell) and his psychiatrist Dr. Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf (Rudd). Over the course of their series, we see how a seemingly normal doctor-patient dynamic morphs into something far more sinister when Herschkopf inserts himself into every part of Marty’s life. The series also stars Kathryn Hahn as Phyllis, Marty’s younger sister, and Casey Wilson as Bonnie, the wife of Dr. Herschkopf. The series is directed by Michael Showalter and Jesse Peretz and written by Georgia Pritchett (who is also the showrunner).