Jason Sudeikis has defended Ted Lasso season 3 after it received a backlash from some fans.
AppleTV+'s heartwarming football comedy-drama has been hugely acclaimed by critics and viewers, although reception to the third season was slightly cooler than season 2.
In an excerpt from the new book Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way Into Our Hearts, actors and co-creators Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt respond to author Jeremy Egner's suggestion that viewers didn't love how season 3 split the characters up so much, or certain character choices.
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Sudeikis said: "Much like live theater, the show, especially season 3, was asking the audience to be an active participant. Some people want to do that, some people don't. Some people want to judge — they don't want to be curious.
"I'll never understand people who will go on talking about something so brazenly that they, in my opinion, clearly don’t understand.
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"And God bless 'em for it; it's not their fault. They don't have imaginations, and they're not open to the experience of what it's like to have one.
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“Everybody's in better shape than when they started. Like a good Boy or Girl Scout at a campsite, we left it better than we found it. And if you don't see that in that show, then I don't know what show you’re watching."
Hunt, who played Coach Beard in the show, offered a shorter response to talk of the season 3 criticism, calling it "easily compartmentalized".
All three seasons of Ted Lasso can be streamed on AppleTV+. A fourth season is rumoured but not confirmed.
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