Will ‘Ted Lasso’ end after the upcoming third season? Yes and no. The show’s stars continue to dance around the topic as the door hasn’t been closed yet — until series star and co-creator Jason Sudeikis says so emphatically at least.
Right now, Brett Goldstein—who plays former soccer star Roy Kent, who also works as a writer on the show—carefully hooks that needle up: “It’s written like the story we sang will come to a conclusion,” he told Variety’s Awards podcast circuit. “And that’s how it has always been planned. It doesn’t necessarily mean it can’t go on. But it’s kind of a three-point epilogue to this story.”
Goldstein and fellow “Ted Lasso” stars and Emmy nominees Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple took to the podcast to have a lively conversation about the show’s future, their dream projects, their close bond, and what’s next. Listen below!
“The good thing is we don’t really know,” Waddingham said. “I would definitely blow it up now and say, ‘Oh, no, no, we’re bothering you. “”
Waddingham, who plays Rebecca, said she’s feared the end of “Ted Lasso” since its inception, “thinking, ‘Oh, my God, when is this going to end?'” “I don’t want to leave her, this character!”
Like Goldstein, Temple — who plays Kelly on the show — says she doesn’t know the answer to Ted Lasso’s future after Season 3. “No one told me it was over,” she said. “No one told me that. But no one said it wasn’t. So I am not literally in limbo.”
It’s up to Sudeikis, Goldstein notes. “And he can decide what he wants,” he said. “And we will trust whatever he says.”
And Waddingham added: “And maybe he deserves a break, too.”
Even if this is technically the end of Ted Lasso, Temple noted that “things don’t have to end completely. Things can go back years later, or you can’t…when the show ends, these characters don’t die, they go on and on and on.” Her little fruitful life is in someone’s imagination.So you can go back to it.And as an actor, I know we’ll all miss them very much.I’m sure.Keeley has taught me a lot about being kinder to myself, and I really miss her when I can’t play her.
“But I also think there’s just something about that too, you don’t want to push something so far that the glamor doesn’t become what it is,” she added. “I’m guilty of that, when the show ends. I remember when Friday Night Lights finally ended, I was like, ‘Never!”
Waddingham said it was just like that when “Sheet Creek” ended. “I was really disadvantaged, because I’m not going to have Katherine O’Hara on my TV box anymore,” she said. “[But] You don’t want it to thin out and become less than it was. This is the most important thing for me. It is a beautiful entity as it is. And if that’s the case, that’s what it was meant to be.”
Temple added: “But we’re not saying that’s the case!”
Goldstein, Waddingham and Temple were nominated for their supporting roles at the “Ted Lasso” Awards that Goldstein and Waddingham won last year, as well as Sudekis’ win for lead actor and the series’ victory in the comedy series. The show is destined for 20 more Emmys this year, more than any other comedy.
In Season 2 of “Ted Lasso,” AFC owner Rebecca, played by Waddingham, begins the season dating an unemployed person, but eventually cements an unlikely relationship with one of the squad’s players, Sam. Meanwhile, Roy Kent, played by Goldstein, struggles to adjust to life after retiring from playing football, while embarking on a relationship with Kelly, played by Temple, who is also exploring her new career.
Besides talking about the future of the show, Waddingham, Goldstein, and Temple spoke about their excitement about Goldstein’s cameo in the latest “Thor” movie. They also shared what they’re excited about next, including the upcoming new Waddingham movie about “Tom Jones” and Temple’s role in the final season of “Fargo.”
But first, the awards circuit roundtable discusses the main casting categories.
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