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When one door closes, another opens.
All my dreams came true, but they came true at the same time.
Light spoilers for season one ofTed Lassoahead.
I really get this part.
But I also knew it was not the sort of part I would usually play.
I usually play a softer character.
Its probably my typecast up to that point.
So I didnt want to say anything because I thought,No ones thinking of me for this role.
And I didnt want to embarrass anyone and make it awkward.
Then I got a message from him at like three in the morning, going, Oh!
And then very luckily it all went ahead.
I think at the beginning of this series, Roy is really depressed.
I grew up around a lot of footballers, and Ive always had sympathy for them.
You make loads of money, and Im sure its very exciting, and then suddenly it ends.
You havent learned anything else.
Its not like Im going, Oh, poor very rich footballers.
But theres no way when youre young it’s possible for you to understand that inevitability.
You just think youre invincible.
There was no post-football for Roy.
Theres a real tragedy to him, I think.
But theres stuff in there that has been buried for various reasons.
Ted and Keeley (Juno Temple) and what happens over the season cracks him open a bit.
I like that: what it takes to get some emotion out of him.
I love the relationship he has with feelings.
The show relies on the other characters, and the audience, embracing Teds positivity, his guilelessness.
Hes also not a rube.
Thats a tricky balance to pull off.
He doesnt exist in a vacuum.
The world of Ted Lasso isnt a fairy tale.
He has problems in his marriage.
All the characters, in fact, have something quite serious going on.
He has three-dimensional problems in his family and in his head.
He has panic attacks.
Hes not one dimensional.
We get so much more of the overall Ted picture.
The mission was to pull it off without [anyone] hating her.
The idea for that episode came from … Im a big supporter of [Premier League team] Tottenham.
The commentators were like, Oh, hes posing.
Like he was showing off.
But he also looked like he was going to cry.
Its such a beautiful thing.
I mean, you shouldlook it up.
But when I watched it, I put a story on it.
I dont know if theres backstory to that scene in real life.
In my head, I was like, hes been at Tottenham a while.
He was supposed to be a big deal, and I think he struggled when he came here.
with pride … maybe hes okay here.
Soulmatespremieres on AMC a couple of days after theTed Lassoseason finale.
We were talking about true love, and does it exist, and the idea of soul mates.
We also love writing about relationships.
Thats always my favorite.
Thats why I wanted to write [Ted Lasso] episode five.
What happens to everyone?
The series is going to make everyone ask themselves and their partners if they would take a soul-mates test.
Its sort of the rule of the show: Your soul mate isnt going to fix you.
And, also, your soul mate is a human, so theyre not going to be perfect.
You have to sort yourself out and not expect the other person to.
