‘Ted Lasso’ Cast Reveal What Jason Sudeikis is Like as a Boss as Star Gives Final Bow for Season 3

As Apple TV+ prepped to roll out the blue carpet in Westwood this week for the Season 3 premiere of its Emmy Award-winning comedy juggernaut Ted Lasso, one query lingered within the air: Is this the tip?

Ahead of the Tuesday evening occasion, Ted Lasso himself, co-creator, star and government producer Jason Sudeikis, bought forward of the inevitable press line interrogation to make it clear that the time on the Richmond scoreboard is, certainly, operating out. “This is the end of this story that we wanted to tell,” Sudeikis advised Deadline.

The 12-episode season debuts March 15 and continues by means of May 31, and whereas choices stay on the sphere for spin-offs and future iterations (Richmond Till We Die, anybody?), Sudeikis made it clear that that is his last bow because the beloved aw shucks Midwesterner turned English Premier League soccer coach however he believes there may be extra life left.

During a junket interview with The Hollywood Reporter seen above, Sudeikis tells THR’s Neha Joy that whereas that is the tip of the story they wished to inform, there may be “absolutely” extra life left within the sequence. “One of the neat things for me about being a part of this show is watching everybody shine, and the relationships between the various characters,” he says.

Brett Goldstein, who performs Roy Kent, had a cheekier response for future storylines. “Season 3 ends with the death of some major characters. I have said to Jason, Season 4 could be Ghost Lasso, where we carry on with Ted Lasso now haunting the locker rooms and trying to inspire the players from the other side.”

Ted Lasso, which was among the many unique slate of scripted choices when Apple TV+ launched and entered the streaming panorama, was purchased in a bidding struggle off of Sudeikis and showrunner Bill Lawrence’s three-season pitch. Sudeikis has persistently been open about envisioning solely a three-season run for the sequence, however THR has beforehand reported that Lawrence, Warner Bros. and Apple would all love for Ted Lasso to proceed properly past a 3rd season, and that the new offers that have been struck by the actors in 2021 additionally included choices for subsequent seasons.

“I will say that season three ends in a way that feels very satisfying. So, if that ends up being the end, the audience will feel satisfied. But is there a door that’s potentially open if we could do more? Yes,” WBTV Boss Channing Dungey lately confirmed to THR.

So, whereas everybody waits to see simply how “satisfying” that ending will likely be, THR polled the Ted Lasso solid and artistic group on Tuesday evening about what Sudeikis has been like as a boss, and under are their solutions.

Toheeb Jimoh (Sam Obisanya): “The Jason that you see in the press, making jokes and being silly, that’s the Jason we get at work, so sometimes Ted Lasso doesn’t feel like a job. It feels like I’m just with my friends on set, telling jokes, kicking the ball around, getting paid and feeling like I’m stealing money. [Laughs] He’s awesome. He’s also very wise and has an almost encyclopedic level of knowledge about all things film, so I sometimes get the chance to pick his brain and learn from him.”

MJ Delaney (Emmy Award-winning director): “This show has come from the inside of his head to an extent, and I think he’s too modest for people to fully realize. In terms of our experience of making the show, it has been very consistent through all three seasons. He is across everything [and every department], and if he’s not in a scene, he’s usually there for part of it. He’s everybody’s touchpoint for how it’s working and what the right call is.”

Kola Bokinni (Isaac McAdoo): “Oh, he’s amazing. He’s professional but also caring. He’s like a mate but also so professional and amazing at what he does. He’s a genius in my eyes.”

Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins): “He’s a great, considerate and kind leader. He’s funny but also has gravitas. Sometimes he’ll give a low down about certain scenes, like in the locker scenes, about where the story is at any given moment just as a reminder to people so that everyone is on the same page. That, really, is a gift.”

Keeley Hazell (author, Rebecca): “He’s really, really great. I mean, he’s a visionary. He paid me to say that so I’m happy I got it in.” [On his skill as a collaborator in the writers’ room] It all actually comes right down to Jason. He’s the ultimate resolution. As the visionary, we provide up choices that he picks and it all the time jogs my memory of constructing a home. We say, ‘Here are some tiles and we’ve bought these choices for you.’ Then he form of picks and chooses. The new characters this season are such a beautiful addition to the present it brings steadiness with the characters you already know and love, the core characters, who we observe on their storylines whereas additionally bringing in new, recent beats. It simply provides some enjoyable to the present.”

Billy Harris (Colin Hughes): “In [Season 3], I had a little bit more too, so now I’ve been able to see how he works in a one-on-one situation while going through character development and it’s priceless. He really, really takes his time with every single character and with every actor when it’s their moment. It’s amazing to watch especially because he has so much else to do.”

Charlie Hiscock (Will the package man): “He’s literally a dream. He’s what you strive to be when you become a showrunner. He humanizes everyone, which should be normal and should be how it is anyway, and he just makes it look so effortless.”

Tom Howe (composer): “He’s totally unique. I’ve never met anyone who’s so across everything, and in a good way. I’ve met lots of people who are across everything, but not in a good way. He knows a lot about music and editing and everything, and he’s interested in all of it. He’s also quite trusting. We do a lot of back and forth and it’s very collaborative.”

Ellie Taylor (Sassy): “Jason is superb. I don’t understand how on earth he offers with all the things that he has to do from appearing to writing and overseeing all the things. That’s a variety of strain, proper? But he manages to be superb and humorous and heat. He’s only a pleasure to be round.

Maximilian Osinski (Zava): “He’s incredible. He is like everyone else on the show in that they are all exactly what the show preaches — kind, welcoming, positive. They all want to make you better and they won’t let you fail. He’s fantastic. I’ve never worked with anyone like that who is just really interested in the work. No one is resting on their laurels and they work hard to find the comedy or the drama in every scene. I did a big trust fall with them and the character [of Zava].”

Ambreen Razia (Shandy): “Amazing. Very, very collaborative and very hands-on. He’s the captain of the ship and is responsible for everything getting done but there’s such a level of collaboration with him. As an actor, you can ask, “Can I change the way I say this?” He will reply, “Yeah, give it a go.” That’s superb and really uncommon. Sometimes you flip as much as jobs and you are feeling such as you’re not being directed in any respect however if you flip as much as Ted Lasso, all the things is palms on. There’s a genius behind this unimaginable formulation and that’s why the viewers will get such a joyful feeling from it. There’s a system and a construction behind that genius and it’s very well orchestrated.”

Stephen Manas (Richard Montlaur): “As somebody who doesn’t always understand English, he really tried to make me feel comfortable. It’s so polite. As you can imagine, he’s someone who has a billion things going on every day on set to take care of and he was always there to say, ‘Stephan, are you doing good?’ If I didn’t understand something, he would be right there to explain it to me or to say, ‘Try it more like this.’ It really helped and he always made me feel not only comfortable but more confident.”