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Brendan Hunt, renowned for portraying Coach Beard in the popular series "Ted Lasso," recently mentioned an encounter with Apple CEO Tim Cook, who hopes for more content.
Hunt has been an important part of the Ted Lasso journey on Apple TV+. His involvement dates back to 2013 when he and his co-star Jason Sudeikis collaborated on a Premier League advertisement for NBC Sports.
He recently talked with "The Envelope," a podcast from the Los Angeles Times, about the show and his career. For example, he has been working and doing improvisational comedy in Amsterdam for years, and Ted Lasso did an episode there in the latest season.
Hunt said that living in Europe turned him into a soccer fan. "I was vaguely aware of soccer [before]," he said. But in Amsterdam, the whole football world opened up. It's a legitimate cultural experience."
He also talked about the origins of his character having a beard. "I only had a beard in [the original Premier League ad] because I was doing a play at the time where I played a homeless person. So for the first time in my life I had a beard."
Interestingly, when asked if Apple would allow the production of a fourth season for "Ted Lasso," or if the conclusion of season three would be the end of the series, Hunt mentioned an encounter with Cook.
The Apple CEO visited the set one day and, when he had a chance to speak in the locker room, said, "Thank you for all your hard work, and I sure hope there's a Season 4."
It's unclear if there will be a fourth season of Ted Lasso, but the possibility of spinoffs of the show has been mentioned by Jason Sudeikis. Hunt says there isn't a clear answer, but they will take a break.
"Everything's on the table now, including nothing," he said. "It's been an all-in job for us for so long that we're going to go away for a little bit and take a break, and then we'll reconvene and figure out if something else is going to happen."
It might be a considerable amount of time before anything happens, as numerous cast members have moved on towards new ventures.
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Have mixed feelings about this. Producers are driven to ride a successful series into the ground. On the other hand, I found Lasso scripts to have actually improved from beginning to end. Maybe another season or two, especially with the fundamental change of Ted returning to the U.S., might be enough to keep things fresh. No shark-jumping needed.
I think it ran out of steam in season three. The feel-good vibe was OK for a while but then it became tiring as the delivery lacked timing and what was clearly meant to be funny didn't get the laughs.
I think they went a bit over the top with gay/lesbian thing as well.
A good fourth season looks hard to pull off if the third season is anything to go by.
I hope Apple has a binge watch strategy...
Ted Lasso was an exception for me, as was Shrinking, but I was, while waiting for new episodes, I got into The Big Door Prize and Severance. Now I'm waiting for some period of time (who knows?) for the second season of these shows.
It was a great series with a good story arc. Leave it be. There’s absolutely no reason to try and wring more out of it.