Even though stepping into the comedy style was uncharted and overwhelming territory for the actress, she felt at ease participating in a character like Alice. “I am not too far eradicated from being an angsty teen. I’m even now young and coming out of that,” she states. When we first meet Alice, she arrives off as independent and experienced further than her a long time, but gradually, the cracks of her hardened floor expose a young lady who is nonetheless battling with the reduction of her mom and is desperate for her father’s attention and unwavering appreciate. As a final result, Alice has had to expand up swiftly and be her individual guidance method in daily life, anything that was relatable to Maxwell. “I feel that I individually have a really hard time achieving out for assistance when I require it,” she reveals. “Even when I know I will need it, I’m stubborn about it, and I am determined to figure it out myself.” 

She could be reluctant to talk to for outside the house aid, but Maxwell is not higher than having cues from individuals all over her. With Shrinking, she was afforded an invaluable option to understand from a great ensemble cast, specially Ford. In accordance to Maxwell, the actor is not the variety to stroll around set doling out tips, but just finding to observe him function and viewing how focused and alive he is in scenes was a learn class in by itself. “He’s so energized to be there on set each individual working day, and just about every time we had a scene, it was just a lesson of owning a legend getting my scene companion who is opening up so a great deal room emotionally for me as an actor. I felt like I could seriously participate in in scenes with Harrison,” she says. Maxwell swears she played it amazing around Ford, getting additional care not to geek out and talk to a bunch of issues, but she admits they did bond over taking in lots of treats together—mostly frozen yogurt and pretzels—which had been a staple portion of their park-bench scenes.