The Emmy-nominated star was greeted with a blast from the past.
The coach who inspired the title character on the hit AppleTV+ series “Ted Lasso” shouted a message of support for star Jason Sudeikis when Sudeikis, who plays the title character, and co-star Brendan Hunt appeared on TODAY Thursday.Sudeikis told Hoda Kotb that the character is based, in part, on his high school basketball coach, Donnie Campbell, who often addressed players in a way similar to Lasso.
“It was a fella from a small town in Kansas who spoke in those aphorisms, like, ‘Sudeikis, you look more nervous than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs,’” the actor explained.
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