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Ted Lasso season 4 likely if WB renews cast contracts
Jason Sudeikis in ‘Ted Lasso’
AppleTV+The wait for season 4 might be over soon Ted Lasso fans.
Term reports that Warner Bros. Television has extended the contracts of several key cast members from the Apple TV+ series. According to the outlet, WB first picked up options for Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Walton), Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent) and Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins), all of whom have contracts under the British actors’ guild Equity.
The contracts for SAG-AFTRA actors have expired, but the WB is reportedly in talks to make new deals with Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso), Brendan Hunt (Coach Baard) and Juno Temple (Keleley Jones).
The last episode of Ted Lasso aired in May 2023, with the titular lead leaving the football club he helped transform to return to the United States. Many cast members and others involved with the show have said they would be open to a fourth season.
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Co-creator of the series Bill Lawrence recently shared that the future of Ted Lasso is wholly owned by writer and star Sudeikis.
“He’s not just the star, he’s the head writer, and he’s also the guy whose life has to be completely overhauled and moved abroad with young children,” Lawrence, 55, told Collider. (Sudeikis shares son Otis, 10, and daughter Daisy, 7, with ex Olivia Wilde.)
“Whatever Jason feels like doing and whatever his decision is, it’s on all of us,” Lawrence added.
Nick Mohammedwho played assistant coach Nate Shelley in the series, said We weekly in 2023 that he would “love” to work with the cast again and called the group a “family.” However, he was torn on the idea of spin-offs or new seasons and worried that they would not live up to the previous seasons.
From The Bear to Abbott Elementary, actors have spoken out on their respective shows about wanting more friendship than romance. Ayo Edebiri stepped in after fans noticed potential sparks between Sydney and Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) in Season 1. “They suffered a lot of trauma on both sides. As if that’s even true [was explored] — […]
“Part of me says, there’s something really smart and creatively fulfilling that they’ve just delivered in these three seasons and people have taken these stories to heart and we’re so grateful for that, you might not want to spoil it,” Mohammed said. ‘Cause the last thing you want to do is… extend your show and [have] it ends or does a spin-off and it just doesn’t move forward.”
Kola Bokinni told We weekly in June 2023 that whatever happens with the series, he was proud of his turn as center back Isaac McAdoo.
“We created something special, and in the coming years people will realize that because it will marinate,” Bokinni told Us. “Whatever happens to me and acting – whatever. At least I can say I was on a show that meant something.
