According to Goldstein, his character Roy Kent is the Tin Man, "Ted is Dororthy, Rebecca's the Lion, and the Scarecrow is Jamie [Tartt]," Brett Goldstein Confirms Ted Lasso Was Inspired by The Wizard of Oz Paolo Ragusa
The return of Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso brings some exciting new characters and storylines to its reliable formula. Ted Lasso Season 3 Sets Up An Intriguing (Final?) Chapter: Review Paolo Ragusa
Brett Goldstein, who not only writes for Ted Lasso but also stars as the cantankerous footballer Roy Kent, believes that Season 3 of the Emmy-winning comedy series will be its last. “We are writing it like that,” he said in a new interview with The Sunday Times (via Variety).“It was planned as three. Spoiler alert — everyone dies.” His comments echo recent statements by Jason Sudeikis, series creator and Ted Lasso himself. “The story that I know is the one that I wanted to tell, and so that’s the one we’re telling with the help of numerous people in front of and behind the camera, so it’s by no means me typing every key stroke and saying every word,” he told Entertainment Weekly last year. “It’s nowhere near like that. But the story that’s being told – that three-season...