People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” but that too coincidental accolade (ya think?) bestowed just days before “The Shrink Next Door” won’t help the cause of his new Apple TV+ series.Both Rudd and the eight-episode series, premiering Friday (Nov.
12), are just too disturbing — and not in an entertaining way.Rudd plays a narcissistic, manipulative psychologist who preys on a nice-guy patient (Will Ferrell), worming his way into, and eventually taking over, all aspects of his life.
It’s based on the true story of Dr. Isaac Herschkopf (Rudd) and his patient, Marty Markowitz (Ferrell), which inspired the titular 2019 Bloomberg/Wondery podcast.
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