'Ted Lasso' Cast Answer The 50 Most Searched Questions

Hello, I'm Hannah Waddingham.

[Hannah laughs] I'm Tanya Reynolds. [laughs]

I'm Jason Sudeikis.

I'm Brendan Hunt.

I'm Jeremy Swift.

And we are part of the cast

of the new season of Ted Lasso,

and we are here to answer

some of the most searched questions on the worldwide web.

Oh, that's what those letters are for.

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Ladies first.

Is AFC Richmond a real football club?

I think I did actually Google that.

Is that you? [laughs]

That's your question. [all laughing]

That's from your history. Tanya Reynolds.

Yeah. Exactly, yeah.

And it's not. There we go.

Why does Higgins quit working for Rebecca?

Yeah, Leslie?

Oh, because she makes him spy and stuff.

And he says, I'm not a spy, Rebecca.

I'm the Director at Football Operations.

Is that with your tiny, what's it called?

Vontous. Van Cleef.

What? What's it called?

Van Dyke, Van Dyke.

Van Dyke. [laughs]

Why is Higgins' name Leslie?

It was his mum's idea.

How long has Beard known Ted?

We met in college.

We were both on the football team.

One of us was the backup kicker,

one of us was the backup punter,

[Jason laughs] which I don't think

we quite established,

but what a glamorous pair of dudes. [laughs]

So funny. In Division II football

as backup kickers. [laughs]

Where is AFC Richmond located?

Kent. Mm-hmm.

[all laughing]

[buzzer buzzes] There you go.

What is Ted's coaching philosophy?

I think the simplest way is that

it's not about the wins and losses,

but about helping these young men, and now women,

become the best version of themselves.

Beautiful, beautiful. The exact same philosophy

Jason has with you lot.

What does, be curious, not judgmental mean?

Kind of like you walk in someone else's shoes.

Among other things.

It's like it's a-

Don't be a dick. Don't be [laughs].

Is Ted Lasso based on a real person?

No. No one specific person.

I think an amalgamation of people that I had met,

worked with, been coached by,

but then also probably 50% of what I wish I had been,

you know, met, worked with, coached by.

Why the 'tache?

Because when we did the commercial,

like the look was modeled after Mike Ditka,

who was this great NFL coach.

So that's why the orange glasses, the mustache.

Why did Ted Lasso move to England?

To give space to the complication

that him and his then wife were finding themselves in,

you know, hoping that maybe distance

would make the heart grow fonder,

which, you know, it just did other things.

What does the Believe sign mean?

It means belief.

Almost self-explanatory. Yeah.

And the many forms that can take.

Yes. Why does Keeley

leave Richmond?

She doesn't really leave,

but she blossoms out into having her own business, KJPR.

What is the first meal that Keeley and Ted share?

It was quite a sexy burger eat.

Why did Rebecca originally hire Ted?

Uh-huh. To destroy the club.

And she wasn't even there.

I wasn't even there. Yeah.

That's dedication.

We should know this.

They all sound like the beginning of jokes, don't they?

Why does Ted leave Richmond? [vocalizes]

[all laughing]

To be with his son.

Do it, Jezza. It's that simple.

Yeah, off it goes. [Jeremy vocalizes]

Oh no.

It got him.

Why does Beard stay with Ted?

Interesting question, 'cause he doesn't.

He's just a deeply loyal cat

and Ted literally saved his life once.

He has a loyalty to that,

but also he's aware of what we watch everyone

in the show become aware of,

which is colloquially referred to as the Ted Effect.

But that's also almost diminishing, I think.

Why did Rebecca buy AFC Richmond?

She doesn't buy- I agree.

AFC Richmond, does she? No.

She goes after it like a rabid dog

in the divorce settlement.

[Jason] Mm-hm.

I've been dying to know this one.

Who created Ted Lasso?

Me, you and Joe. Joseph Kelly.

Yeah. Like for the commercial.

And the muses. Yeah, and the muses.

Why does Higgins stay at AFC Richmond?

Anybody? Because he's secretly

in love with Rebecca is what I've been thinking.

I think it's because after all that [whistles] shenanigans

at the end of season one, Rebecca comes and says sorry.

And also you've got to make enough money

to feed your 12,000 children.

Absolutely.

What team does Keeley want to start?

What? Is this a joke? [cast laugh]

We know this. No, but is it

a trick question?

No. The women's team.

Yeah. Yeah.

Woo! Woo!

There it goes, almost. Who wins the darts match?

Oh. This guy.

He does, he does. Ted Lasso.

And the audience does too.

And Rebecca, to a certain degree.

What Christmas tradition does Ted miss?

Golly.

I mean, probably just being there to open gifts.

Yeah, he gets on the laptop, doesn't he?

Yeah. Yeah.

Yep. Oh, here it comes. Ooh!

Oh boy! Yep.

Somebody's gonna get hurt.

Gotta stay off those phones, people.

They gotta stay alert.

This is like sitting in the front row at a Knicks game.

What are the names of Higgins' five kids?

Terry, Chris, Dane-o, Steve.

Stevie. Stevie.

Oh, that's right, Stevie and Lindsay.

And priest. And priest guy. Yeah.

What is Rebecca's relationship with the Dutch pilot?

Thank you for identifying his job.

We imply in the end of season montage

that they're hanging out and we see them go

to this man's house for a bit of a barbecue

and we quickly learn in the beginning of season three

that that relationship has continued.

Yes.

Why does Rebecca stop caring about beating West Ham?

'Cause she sees the light

that it's not about trying to defeat the poison

that's come before.

It's not about the wins and losses.

[Hannah] Mm-hm.

[Jason] It's about becoming the best version.

[Hannah] Mm-hm.

A very specific question though.

Like you have to have watched like right up to the moment

before you get that question answered. [laughs]

Pause it!

What does Keeley do for a living?

[Jeremy mimics sultry music]

Yeah. Burlesque?

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

She played all three instruments in a burlesque band trio.

Then moved into the early days of like, influencer.

Yes, that's right.

Then she started doing publicity for the team.

Branding. Branding for the team.

For the boys.

And then she got her own PR company.

While always maintaining working at Richmond.

That's right. And still does that,

but yeah, focused this season primarily on the women's team

while letting her coworker, Barbara-

Basically it's her most important client

is the women's team,

so she spends all her time now at the club.

What college sport did Ted coach before soccer?

Oh, not American football?

Yeah. Yeah.

Why did Ted return to Kansas?

To be with his son.

Instead of uprooting his son's life,

he's like, No, I'm gonna go home.

It was a story structure that worked well

for The Wizard of Oz, and so we were just like, Yoink.

Who's going to coach the women's team

in Ted Lasso, people?

Ted Lasso and others. Ted Lasso and Co.

And old moody chops.

Moody chop. Moody chops! [cast laugh]

Does Ted win the Premier League?

Does he? Oh, of course he does.

He has not yet. He does not.

We imply that they finish runner up.

Why does Rebecca's relationship with Ted change?

Because people grow.

Yeah.

But also she fesses up.

She fesses up.

Oh, we're talking early doors.

Why does it change? Yes. Yeah, I think so.

Why does Rebecca spend Christmas with Ted?

Because they're both struggling

with first Christmases, right?

Yeah. Oh.

No, I think you had maybe done one.

Oh, I'd done one.

We talk about that on our little walk and talk.

Why did Rebecca refuse to sell Richmond?

Because it's her fucking team, man.

[cast laugh]

I think it's great.

I think that, yeah, that you acquire out of hatred,

you keep for love. There we go.

Why does Keeley start her own PR firm?

Because she hates Higgins.

[cast laugh]

Yeah, we cut that scene, but it's all there.

It's all there, it's implied.

Yeah, if you re-watch.

Why did Rebecca confess that she sabotaged Ted?

Because growth. Because growth.

Because growth.

Because gross? Yeah, because-

Because growth. A gross amount of growth.

Why did the players begin trusting Rebecca?

They didn't trust Rebecca?

Yeah, I mean-

When did they not trust Rebecca?

Just 'cause sometimes being in ownership

or in a position of power, people get nervous around you.

They think you're removed.

Or you feel, especially early on,

but I would say, I bet it's around episode six

of the first season

when you participate in the ritual of throwing things.

Oh! The ritual.

Fuck the haters. Yeah.

Why did Roy retire?

Because Father Time is undefeated.

Screwed up knee.

His body had given all it could.

And he was starting to see a new direction,

which is being more of a mentor than a destroyer.

And that are all the questions.

The box is closed.

You may now proceed to something else.

Bye. Goodbye.

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