Hannah Waddingham is recalling her time on 'Ted Lasso.'
Hannah Waddingham is recalling her time on 'Ted Lasso.' In the show, Waddingham played Rebecca Welton, owner of the AFC Richmond football club and the ex-wife of Rupert Mannion . Rebecca took the soccer team in the divorce, and at the start of the show, she hires the American football coach Ted Lasso to try and drag down her ex's beloved team. But over the show's three seasons, Rebecca becomes one of the heroes of the underdog story.
' 'It was almost like them allowing me in made everyone else prick up a bit,' she said. 'I got David Benioff and Dan Weiss to write an email to the powers that be. The subject was, 'What are we even discussing here?'' she added. 'It was such a beautiful, quiet, genuine endorsement of, 'Let the girl play.'' Waddingham said she also impressed 'Ted Lasso' creator and star, Jason Sudeikis, recalling he once told her, “I saw Rebecca first.
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