Whereas the way forward for Ted Lasso stays unsure, it’s positively all within the palms of Jason Sudeikis.
The Emmy-winning present aired its season three and seemingly sequence finale greater than a 12 months in the past, nevertheless, followers and co-creator Invoice Lawrence know something is feasible.
“Groupthink sometimes happens, even without talking to each other, and every actor, actress, writer, producer on that show — and [we didn’t get] together and decide this was the message — we all loved the experience,” Lawrence not too long ago instructed Collider about the way forward for the sequence. “As fans, we’d all kill if it was going again, but everybody would say the same thing, which is: whatever Jason feels like doing and whatever his decision is, we’re all down with it.”
The sports activities comedy-drama, led by Sudeikis who additionally served because the present’s head author and co-creator, adopted his character Ted Lasso, an American school soccer coach, as he heads to London to handle AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League soccer group.
Although Lawrence is open to returning as quickly as Sudeikis provides the inexperienced mild, he additionally acknowledges the private sacrifices Sudeikis has to make for the present, referring to the 2 children he shares with ex Olivia Wilde.
(*4*) he added. “It’s a big deal. So, as a fan, if someone’s like, ‘Oh, it’s gonna happen again,’ I’ll go nuts. As a partner, I’m down for whatever he wants to do.”
“Because every time we do a season, it’s a year in England, away from their families,” Lowney continued. “That’s a tough old slog [over the past] three and a half years, four years. You know, I think that it [could have] kept going, but it had done its thing — the three-season arc, that was the deal, that was what [Sudeikis] wanted. But I feel there’s something else. … There will be other things.”
Ted Lasso was initially pitched for a three-season run, however its success on Apple TV+ left followers questioning if there might be extra. Lawrence has additionally beforehand stated he doesn’t “think anything is closed off” relating to potential spinoffs.
