Jason Segel Spat on Brett Goldstein 'So Much' During His FirstShrinkingScene That a 'Spit Team' Was Needed

Mar. 15, 2025

(L-R) Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein attend a conversation about the series “Shrinking” with Linda Holmes at 92NY on October 15, 2024 in New York City.Photo:Dominik Bindl/Getty

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Brett Goldstein’s first day on set withJason Segelwas memorable in more ways than one.

Goldstein, 44, admitted he “didn’t know how Jason was gonna be” in the scene as it was the first time they were getting in front of the camera together. But the intense scene led to an outcome that even Goldstein couldn’t have predicted.

“We did the scene and he shouts, shouts, shouts and it was really dramatic,” Goldstein continued. “But he spat so much on me that between takes…I was staying in [character] but the continuity people were like, this is like [too much] spit. We need to fix this.”

Seth Meyersthen joked that they had a “spit team” to take care of the actor, to which he agreed. “They had a spit team,” Goldstein said. “I was caked.”

Spitting aside, Goldstein joiningShrinkingafter working on its first season behind the camera was an exciting move — and it was one that Segel, himself, knew was coming.

“Brett’s capable of doing anything and I knew secretly that he wanted to play that part and I knew he would kill it,” Segel said of his costar at the season 2 premiere last month.

Goldstein plays Louis Winston, who is revealed to be the drunk driver responsible for Segel’s character’s wife’s death.

Brett Goldstein and Jason Segel speak at SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations Presents “Shrinking” at SAG-AFTRA Foundation Screening Room on March 23, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images

“I have a lot of experience being Marshall Erickson [onHow I Met Your Mother] and then working to have people see me as other characters, and I know that he probably deals with that as Roy Kent,” he continued, referring to Goldstein’sTed Lassocharacter.

“I just wanted to be the voice to say, ‘No, do something totally different. Let’s break that now.’ And he’s amazing in the show.”

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