Hannah Waddingham and Jason Sudeikis' Real-Life Dynamic Sounds Just Like Ted Lasso

Hannah Waddingham has suggested that the friendship between herself and her Ted Lasso co-star Jason Sudeikis is not entirely dissimilar to their on-screen counterparts.

The two actors are currently gearing up for the release of Ted Lasso’s long-awaited fourth season, three years on from the third, which many fans thought at the time would be the show’s last.

During a new interview with Variety, the British star was asked how smoothly season four had run, in reference to the fact that Jason – who writes the show as well as playing the title role – has a bit of a reputation for rewriting as he goes.

“There’s always going to be a bit of give-and-take within a scene, because of the nature of how Sudeikis works,” the Emmy winner responded. “He hears it in the room, and then we tweak.”

Hannah continued: “With that boy, you’ve got to roll with the punches. He and I have an ongoing love-hate relationship that he changes it last minute.” 

For the new episodes of Ted Lasso, the title character will return to Richmond FC as the new manager of the club’s women’s team, with Sex Education star Tanya Reynolds joining the cast alongside returning faces including Brett Goldstein and Nick Mohammed.

In the time since the show last aired, Hannah made no secrets of her sadness at the prospect of never playing club owner Rebecca Welton again – or her hopes for it to return in some capacity.

“We thought we’d mourned the loss, and now it’s rising from the dead,” she said last year when Ted Lasso’s comeback was finally confirmed, quickly adding that she thought news of the show’s return to our screens was “amazing”.

The 10-episode season will begin airing on Wednesday 5 August, with new episodes following every week until the finale on 7 October.