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Time of India
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Hannah Waddingham confirms ‘Ted Lasso' Season 4 begins filming in July: 'It's a beautiful resurrection'
Hannah Waddingham Get ready to head back to Nelson Road as 'Ted Lasso' is officially kicking off production for its highly anticipated fourth season this July. Hannah Waddingham who plays the iconic Rebecca Welton recently revealed the surprise revival of the Apple TV+ series that many fans believed had ended for good after its emotional third season. Speaking on Capital FM, the Emmy winner and two-time Golden Globe nominee expressed her excitement saying, 'We thought we'd mourned the loss and now it's rising from the dead!' Waddingham will reprise her role as the fierce yet heartfelt AFC Richmond owner in what promises to be a fresh new direction for the beloved series. After Season 3 wrapped in 2023, many assumed the series had concluded its story. But Apple quietly renewed 'Ted Lasso' last year for a fourth instalment. According to Deadline, the upcoming season will mark a major shift, with Jason Sudeikis 's Ted Lasso now coaching a women's soccer team, injecting the story with new energy while keeping the original charm intact. Waddingham praised the show's creative team calling them 'Jedi Knights,' adding that the series is shaped by a writing room full of 'feminist men' and 'fabulous women,' whose collaboration has resulted in what she described as 'so beautifully drawn' scripts. Familiar faces make a comeback Alongside Waddingham and Sudeikis, key cast members like Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent), Juno Temple (Keeley Jones) and Jeremy Swift (Higgins) are all set to return. Their reunion signals that even the format may evolve but the heart of the show remains unchanged.
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Ted Lasso Season 4: Hannah Waddingham teases major update
In a development that delighted fans worldwide, the popular Apple TV+ sports dramedy Ted Lasso is officially returning for a fourth season. The announcement, which had initially surfaced in March, has now been reaffirmed by Emmy Award-winning actress Hannah Waddingham , who confirmed the production will begin filming in July this year. The series, headlined by Jason Sudeikis , debuted in 2020 and quickly earned acclaim for its heartwarming humor and positive tone. The narrative follows American football coach Ted Lasso as he takes charge of the fictional British football club AFC Richmond, bringing his trademark optimism to the pitch and beyond. Waddingham Confirms Production Timeline Speaking on the UK's Capital Breakfast show while promoting her upcoming film Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning , Waddingham revealed, 'We start shooting in July.' The actress, who portrays team owner Rebecca Welton, noted that the news came as an unexpected but welcome surprise to the cast. 'We thought we'd mourned the loss, and now it's rising from the dead! It's amazing,' she said, as quoted in a report by CBR. Play Video Play Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 30:13 Loaded : 0.29% 00:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 30:13 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Mountain Gear for Extreme Conditions Trek Kit India Learn More Undo Praising the writing team behind the show, Waddingham described the scripts as 'beautifully drawn,' further highlighting the gender-inclusive dynamic in the writers' room. 'We've got a full room of real feminist men… and you really see it in the scripts,' she said. Jason Sudeikis' Green Light Was Key While there had been speculation about the show's future following Season 3's emotional finale, Warner Bros. Television Group Chairperson Channing Dungey disclosed that the return of Ted Lasso was largely contingent upon Sudeikis. Live Events 'It's really all been driven by Jason,' Dungey told Deadline earlier this year. She noted that both Apple TV+ and Warner Bros. were open to continuing the series, but it hinged on the actor-creator's creative readiness. 'We were fortunate enough to find ourselves in a place where he landed on an idea that he was excited about,' Dungey explained. Season 4 will reportedly see Ted Lasso transitioning into coaching a women's football team — a narrative shift teased by Sudeikis during an appearance on the New Heights Podcast hosted by NFL stars Jason and Travis Kelce. Brett Goldstein Hints at Return Another fan favorite, Brett Goldstein, known for his portrayal of the no-nonsense Roy Kent, expressed mixed emotions after the wrap of Season 3. 'I cried… but I never felt like it was the end,' he told USA Today . While not officially confirming his on-screen return, Goldstein stated that he is back as a writer and executive producer. Release Expected in Late 2025 or Early 2026 Though Apple TV+ has yet to announce an official release date for the fourth season, current projections suggest a late 2025 or early 2026 debut. All three previous seasons remain available for streaming. Alongside Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham, the returning ensemble is expected to include Phil Dunster, Juno Temple, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, and Cristo Fernández, among others. The Ted Lasso franchise has earned 13 Emmy Awards and continues to be celebrated for its heartfelt storytelling and uplifting spirit. FAQs Is Ted Lasso officially returning for Season 4? Yes, Ted Lasso is officially coming back for a fourth season on Apple TV+. The confirmation was recently reiterated by actress Hannah Waddingham. When does filming for Ted Lasso Season 4 begin? According to Hannah Waddingham, filming is scheduled to start in July 2025.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hannah Waddingham's rise to fame, from West End shows to Hollywood stardom
Hannah Waddingham's star continues to rise year after year, with roles in two major Hollywood films which are set to open on the same day. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and Lilo & Stitch will both see her grace cinema screens on Wednesday, 21 May. Waddingham has landed the role of Rear Admiral Neely in the Tom Cruise action thriller's latest instalment, as well as voicing an alien leader in Disney's live-action remake of the family favourite Lilo & Stitch. The London-born star has not had a typical Hollywood movie career - she started out as a West End musical theatre actor and enjoyed plenty of success on the stage before moving into TV and film, with many of her biggest hits having come later in her career. We take a look back over Waddingham's rise to fame and the biggest moments in her career - including taking on sexism on the red carpet in an infamous rebuke to a photographer. Waddingham began her career treading the boards of the West End in the late 90s, with her first notable role in sci-fi musical Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. She went on to land parts in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Beautiful Game, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, The Wizard of Oz and Kiss Me, Kate. Perhaps her most famous musical theatre role was in Monty Python's Spamalot, where she played the Lady of the Lake and also took the show to Broadway. In her early days as an actor, Waddingham also dipped her toe into TV work, with small roles in the likes of Brookside, Hollyoaks: Let Loose, Footballers' Wives, Doctors and Agatha Christie's Marple. She had a seven-episode run in Benidorm in 2014, but it was Game of Thrones that gave her an unexpected big break in 2015 when she won the role of Septa Unella whilst heavily pregnant. Talking to the White Wine Question Time podcast in 2021, she recalled the Game of Thrones audition: "I was nearly eight-and-a-half months pregnant, like pregnant from the cheekbones out, you know, when your face joins in, in the last month! I walked in, and honestly, I genuinely thought I was in the wrong place. Because all the women were like, 70-odd, about five foot two and about 20 foot wide. I was like: 'Right. I appreciate that I'm pregnant at the moment but I'm definitely in the wrong casting.'" She added: "I went along as a kind of 'hello, I clearly can't help you out at the moment, I'm about to give birth. But I just wanted to come and say hello for next time', which I think a lot of actors would do." However, Waddingham was offered the role and flew out to Dubrovnik to begin filming, bringing her then eight-week-old daughter. Waddingham was famously waterboarded in one scene and said: "Was it massively uncomfortable, and easily the worst day other than my gruelling childbirth? Yes. And I don't care who knows it. And they all know it." Her best known TV role is as football club owner Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso, and she told White Wine Question Time she had asked the universe for a great job close to home after a scary experience being stuck in Belfast filming Krypton when her daughter fell unexpectedly ill. She said: "I'm not joking, within two months, the audition came in for Ted Lasso that shoots 40 minutes away from my house!" She said of her audition with Jason Sudeikis: "We just immediately got on like a house on fire in a very low-key way. I think just on a very basic level, Jason and I just got on. And he obviously liked what I did. And then when I came home, I didn't hear anything for ages. And I just thought: 'Okay, well that was that. I couldn't have done any better with the material. I felt the character really rippled through my bloodstream.'" Of course, Waddingham was offered the role eventually and found out Sudeikis had wanted her for the show immediately: "He had just gone: 'I knew it was her when she walked in the room and why do you need to go for someone else when she is how I imagined her sounding, how I imagined her looking?' And as we left the room, I had said to our casting director Kimberley: 'But Rebecca doesn't sing does she?' And Jason was walking in front of us and under his breath he went: 'She does now'." Waddingham has also starred in Sex Education, Tom Jones, and narrated the adaptation of Julia Donaldson's Tiddler. Success on stage and screen has made Waddingham the perfect choice for some high-profile hosting roles. In 2023 and 2024 she was the host of The Olivier Awards, and she was also invited to present the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 when it was hosted by Liverpool. Speaking to Yahoo UK at the time, she said: "It's kind of been accidental, I was asked to host the Oliviers and was so blown over to be asked, then I was asked to do Eurovision [and] I genuinely thought somebody had dropped out. So when I heard they hadn't I just thought, 'Oh my God'. "I don't know how this has come about, but I'm so grateful that it did. And I would happily present [Eurovision] every year if I could, and be the new Katie Boyle or Terry Wogan." She also landed her very own Christmas TV special in 2023 for Apple TV. However, her delight at hosting the 2024 Oliviers came under a slight cloud when a photographer on the red carpet ahead of the ceremony asked her to "show some leg" from under her dress as she posed for pictures. An outraged Waddingham was caught on a fan's video, posted to X, responding: "Oh my god, you'd never say that to a man, my friend. Don't be a d***, otherwise I'll move off. Don't say, 'Show me leg.' No." Waddingham was cheered on by the crowd, as well as many of those who saw the video afterwards. Hannah Waddingham, "You'd never say that to a man, my friend" when a photographer demanded she show some leg. — AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 (@ask_aubry) April 15, 2024 Speaking to The One Show about the incident, she said: "I'm good, I called out what needed to be absolutely necessary to call out and I've received a written apology and now I'm so ready to move on. "I'm not having it overshadow what was the most glorious, joyful, positive night. I don't usually say this, but I was really flipping proud of that night. It did exactly what we wanted it to, the whole place erupted like a bunch of lunatics, so that's what the takeaway should be." Not content with dominating theatre and the small screen, Waddingham is now branching out into Hollywood film stardom, too. In 2024, she had a role in The Fall Guy alongside Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, and voiced a character in The Garfield Movie. This week sees two films opening on the same day featuring Waddingham. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning sees her star as Rear Admiral Neely alongside Tom Cruise, and she can also be heard voicing an alien leader in the live-action remake of Disney's Lilo & Stitch. Upcoming roles include a voice role in Smurfs later in the year, and an appearance in the adaptation of Ruth Ware thriller The Woman in Cabin 10, starring Keira Knightley and Guy Pearce. In 2024 she told Michelle Visage's BBC Radio 2 Rule Breakers podcast that she had been determined to make it as a screen star after some harsh criticism earlier in life: "I had one drama teacher that said to the whole class 'Oh Hannah will never work on screen because she looks like one side of her face has had a stroke'. And I thought, 'I will do, I will do. Come hell or high water, I will work on screen'... and it gave me a complex for years." Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and Lilo & Stitch are both released in cinemas on Wednesday, 21 May.
