It’s hard to portray mustachioed coach Ted Lasso, the protagonist of the AppleTV+ series of the same name, with anything but a benevolent and upbeat message. This American soccer coach, hired by an English Premier League club to sabotage the team’s results, manages to do wonders against all odds by restoring the confidence of the players at the bottom of the hole.
And yet, in the beginning, Ted Lasso was supposed to be completely different! in the given interview guardianThe character’s creator and series co-creator Jason Sudeikis revealed that his role was previously “Warrior”As conceived for the purposes of a mockumentary series that aired on NBC Sports.
But the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States in 2015 changed everything, as the 47-year-old actor explained to our colleagues across the channel. He indeed reveals that he did not want to add more elements to a world in which exchange and communication seem impossible between the different strata of the population.
This is because of the culture in which we live. I’m not very active on social networks and I still experienced it. And then suddenly there is a picture of Donald Trump coming down the escalator. “Okay, that’s stupid,” I said, and then he managed to remove the filter from people… I hated the fact that people couldn’t hear each other anymore. Everything has become very binary and I don’t think the world should work that way. As a new parent — our son Otis was born in 2014 — I realized I didn’t want to be a part of that. Yeah, I didn’t want to play that character.
Therefore, it is Ted Lasso 2.0, which is more focused on tenderness and kindness, which finally appeared in the AppleTV + series. Clearly a beneficial change, the program won many prestigious awards, including two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, as well as several acting awards for Jason Sudeikis.
Ted Lasso’s first version on NBC Sports:
Remember that the third season of Ted Lasso, which may be the last of the program, is broadcast every Wednesday on AppleTV +, which is also available in the myCANAL offer.
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