“It was the culture we were living in”: Ted Lasso Star Jason Sudeikis Blames Ex-President Donald Trump for Show Becoming ‘Social Justice Warrior’ Vehicle
The Apple TV sports comedy-drama Ted Lasso which was written by Jason Sudeikis went through a slew of changes. According to Sudeikis, he had to make changes after he understood the culture and people’s perspectives in 2020.
Elections were coming up for the president in the United States of America in the year 2020 and according to the actor and writer Ted Lasso, he made changes after coming across how people were reacting to different things in that year.
Jason Sudeikis says his character in Ted Lasso was more Beligerent before he changed it
Although Ted Lasso was a hit show comedy-drama, the series was also grilled and called out for being too woke. While talking about the making of Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis explained why he changed the personality of the character. The title character was more belligerent he explains but when Donald Trump announced that he will be running for president again, things changed for Sudeikis.
The character that was supposed to be a bit hostile was then turned into an optimistic character. The character was loved by the audience but the character’s personality made a major shift after there was s change in Sudeikis’s perspective about the series. The 47-year-old actor said,
“It was the culture we were living in. I’m not terribly active online, and it even affected me. Then you have Donald Trump coming down the escalator.”
He further added,
“I was like, ‘OK, this is silly,’ and then what he unlocked in people… I hated how people weren’t listening to one another. Things became very binary, and I don’t think that’s the way the world works. And, as a new parent we had our son Otis in 2014 it was like, ‘Boy, I don’t want to add to this. Yeah, I just didn’t want to portray it.”
Sudeikis said he made many changes to the story of Ted Lasso. cynicism was removed, and the storyline became much more different than what it was before Trump entered the frame. For Sudeikis, the series turned into a social justice warrior vehicle.
The team Ted Lasso was invited by President Joe Biden to the White House
Sudeikis, Hanna Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, and Toheeb Jimoh were invited by Joe Biden to the White House. The team of Ted Lasso met the president and Sudeikis had many great things to share about President Biden. While talking about his meeting with President Biden in the past, Sudeikis said,
“I’d met the president when he was vice president, and he’s a very warm guy. It’s like meeting your good friend’s father or your young friend’s grandfather. He just makes you feel at home, and that home just happened to be the White House for that afternoon.”
Coach Lasso that was played by Sudeikis in Ted Lasso became an inspirational character too for many people. When the first episode was released in 2020, many people applauded it but some people had negative feedback as well.
Source: Radar Online
