Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed has admitted he very intentionally eliminated himself from the discourse about adjustments to his character within the hit comedy’s remaining season.
Nick performed assistant coach Nate Shelley in all three seasons of the award-winning Apple TV+ comedy, however when the character’s persona drastically modified within the remaining run of episodes, many followers and critics have been fast to voice their disappointment.
The British actor and comic will subsequent be seen within the ITV sequence Douglas Is Cancelled, and as a part of a wide-ranging opinion with The Guardian to advertise the present, was requested about his personal relationship with social media.
“I’ve always trodden very lightly,” Nick defined, noting that he primarily makes use of X and Instagram “to advertise things” that he’s appeared in.
He added: “In Ted Lasso, my character turned quite sour. Some fans were really troubled by that and got in touch and wanted to engage. But I can’t – I mean it’s a fictional story! – so I just have to pretend that stuff doesn’t exist.”
Since Ted Lasso appeared to come back to an finish this time a yr in the past, the dialog has been just about ongoing about whether or not a fourth season may ever be within the pipeline.
Speaking to Deadline final yr, main man Jason Sudeikis claimed he and the workforce had reached the “end of this story that we wanted to tell”, although admitted it was “flattering” that followers nonetheless need extra Ted Lasso.
He additionally instructed that he was open to exploring the present’s future in a possible spin-off.
“I think that we’ve set the table for all sorts of folks… to get to watch the further telling of these stories,” he mentioned.
He added: “It’s really kind of folks to even consider that because you never know what’s gonna happen when you make things. The fact that people want more, even if it’s a different avenue is lovely.”
Meanwhile, co-star Hannah Waddingham has additionally made no secret of her disappointment in regards to the present coming to an finish final yr.
While she has additionally spoken about being open to the concept of a spin-off, again in April she mentioned that’s provided that “the man himself is down”.
