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[Pennywise]

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Waddingham, who plays AFC Richmond owner Rebecca on the show, shared the news during an interview with Capital FM radio. "We start shooting in July," Waddingham said. "We thought we'd mourned the loss, and now it's rising from the dead!" Waddingham also shared some more insight on the writing and the planning of Season 4:

"Our writers are literally Jedi Knights. They're just incredible. And we've got like a full room of real feminist men. So we've got all the fabulous women there, and the men that are in there, and I think you really see it in the scripts ... it's just so beautifully drawn."

 

[Pennywise]

‘Ted Lasso’ Kicks Back Into Gear With Key Returnees, New Cast for Season 4

‘Sex Education’ alum Tanya Reynolds and ‘Andor’s’ Faye Marsay are among the additions to the Apple TV+ series.

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The fourth season of Ted Lasso is underway, with filming beginning Monday and the core of the show’s cast returning. Several actors have also joined the Apple TV+ series, which will find its title character (Jason Sudeikis) taking on the coaching of a women’s soccer team.

After a long period of speculation about the show’s future following its third season finale in May 2023, Apple officially ordered a fourth season in March. Sudeikis was the only castmember that Apple would confirm at that time, but producer Warner Bros. TV had previously picked up options for Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Jeremy Swift, who play AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton, player-turned-assistant coach Roy Kent and Leslie Higgins, Rebecca’s right-hand man at the club. All three are returning, as are Juno Temple (Keeley Jones) and Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard), who at the time of the season four pickup were in negotiations to reprise their roles.

Along with the six returning actors, Ted Lasso will feature seven new actors in Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), Jude Mack (Netflix’s Back in Action), Faye Marsay (Andor), Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern (My Lady Jane, Enola Holmes 2) and Grant Feely. Feely will play Ted’s son, Henry, taking over the role from Gus Turner, who played Henry in the previous seasons. Details on the other actors’ roles are being kept quiet for now

 

[Still Wynning]

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‘Ted Lasso’ Kicks Back Into Gear With Key Returnees, New Cast for Season 4

‘Sex Education’ alum Tanya Reynolds and ‘Andor’s’ Faye Marsay are among the additions to the Apple TV+ series.

t.co

Seems like a lot of those new cast members are going to be part of the women’s soccer team cast of characters. And, after googling them, by the looks of it, quite a few of them are part of the LGBTQIA plus community, or have at least dabbled in material related to exploring that kind of subject.

Seems like I’m getting my wish and they’re going to be diving headfirst into some heavy and controversial issues. That sort of thing has become a lightning rod and big point of contention with a certain demographic with horrible takes, so it would be weird if they didn’t address it at least a little bit.

 

[Still Wynning]

 

[Sawyer]

Sounds like none of the Richmond players are going to be regulars this time around, but I’d love to see them pop in at some point.