Michael Urie On Shrinking, Working With Harrison Ford & Oh, Mary!

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

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Monday, 24 August 2026 - 1 hour 14 minutes

Why Is Everyone Talking About Oh, Mary!?

In this episode of The Romesh Ranganathan Show, Romesh is joined by theatre and TV actor, Michael Urie, to talk about the award-winning Apple TV series Shrinking and West End hit Oh, Mary!

Michael talks all about his character Brian, working alongside Harrison Ford and Brett Goldstein, and what makes the show's writing so special. He also discusses bringing the hit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! to London, the magic of performing live, and why theatre creates such a unique relationship between an actor and an audience. Plus, the differences between working in London to his life and career across New York and Los Angeles.

Elsewhere, Michael talks about founding Pride Plays, his time on Ugly Betty and the best career advice he's ever received: "Follow the green lights".

A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform Media.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:08 London vs New York and LA

08:27 A gift for Michael

15:06 On Shrinking

24:08 How important are awards?

28:17 Acting and Harrison Ford

33:20 The Les Mis scene

39:15 A question from Shanthi

42:45 On Oh, Mary!

48:05 Michael’s love of theatre

54:35 Founding Pride Plays

58:22 Misquoted

01:01:52 Ugly Betty

01:05:22 Misquoted continued

01:07:05 The best advice

01:10:10 Outro

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