Coach Beard Talks: 'Ted Lasso' Star Brendan Hunt on Season Three and Playing the Ultimate Offsider
In 'Ted Lasso', Brendan Hunt plays a man of few words — but he shared plenty about the show’s origins, success and latest season.
"Yeah, it's bonkers. You know, we took that first gig in that first campaign, and the main selling point was 'oh and we get to go to London for three whole days!'. Cut to: last year when we're in London for ten months. I think last year we were in London so long, we were like 'eh, London'. 
ON TED LASSO'S JOURNEY FROM A SKETCH TO A SITCOM — AND ITS HUGE SUCCESS 
"In the ads, it's a sketch. And a thin sketch idea can work really well for five minutes, but it's unlikely to work for 30. So we just had so much fun doing the first two — 'like, we've got to find a way to do this'. 
ON WHY TED LASSO HAS STRUCK SUCH A CHORD WITH AUDIENCES
"I think the main thing was still have him standing next to Ted as much as possible, because then people understand why he's there. No, it's just the idea that Ted wouldn't do this crazy thing alone. He would do it with someone he trusts — someone who would help him with the finer points, such as offside. 
ON COACH BEARD'S ROLE IN THE SHOW — AND HIS FAN APPEAL
"We started writing season two before season one had come out, and season two was going to be ten episodes as season one was. We'd been going for three or four months before season one came out, so by then we had the season worked out. 
ON SEASON TWO'S BEARD AFTER HOURS EPISODE
"Certainly for Ted, he made a promise in season one if they ever got back he'd try to win the whole fucking thing. Well, now they're back, and he doesn't give promises lightly. So he has to decide if he's going to go whole hog with that and, if so, is that at the risk of the values that he's trying to teach?
ON SEASON THREE'S BIG THEMES
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