United Kingdom, Feb. 1 -- Jason Segel was thrilled to work with his "idol" Michael J. Fox in Shrinking.

The 46-year-old actor has revealed that he was honoured to share the screen with the Back to the Future star in the third season of the Apple TV+ series as he tried to model his career on Fox's approach of combining TV and movie roles.

Jason told ScreenRant: "When we heard that Michael J. Fox was going to appear on this show, I think we all felt really honoured. He's an idol of mine.

"There was a period when me and my crew - it's 20 years ago now for me - but when I was doing a TV show and trying to make movies at the same time, and it's scary and exhausting, and we would literally say to each other, 'Hey, Michael J. Fox did it.' We ...