Over the season, Keeley doesn’t expect she is destined for something greater. Everything on the show, from the costumes, to the makeup, to the production design, is all set up so beautifully that you’d have to be really bad at your job to fuck it up.ĭEADLINE: You didn’t expect you could play comedy. Just be exactly as you would be as Keeley and it will all fall into place.” The writing is so extraordinary that you know the character you’re playing intimately. Jason was so patient with me, when almost every 10 minutes I would be like, “I don’t know how to make that funny.” He would say, “Don’t worry you don’t have to. What was really cool about the first season was I got taught so much by these brilliant co-stars. The idea of getting that kind of timing right is just terrifying to me. I don’t think of myself remotely as a comedy actress. I was terrified because the entire cast that was attached were these extraordinary people who were all very good at being funny. I’d gotten back to LA, but my suitcases hadn’t even reached me yet before I had to get on a plane to go and shoot Ted Lasso. I was just coming from another project where I play a much darker character Little Birds. TEMPLE: It was all a quick turnaround because I’d been shooting these other projects. I thought, If he can pull that off, that’s some kind of wizardry. Not in any crazy detail-that’s always kept quite close to his chest-but he described the show he wanted to make in terms of the British Office meets Friday Night Lights. We got together and he told me a little bit about the plan for Keeley’s journey from the start to the end of the season.

Then I read the pilot, and I thought it was just such a genius idea. This’ll be a disaster.” I kept waiting for him to text again and say, “Shit, I meant this for someone else.” But that never came. I genuinely thought he’d texted the wrong person by accident. I got a text from him, because I’ve known him for a couple of years. This one came to me personally through Jason. JUNO TEMPLE: I know, right? Normally I’m cast as very dark, dark characters.

What excited you-and perhaps terrified you-about taking part? Bill Lawrence's Goal For 'Ted Lasso': 'Forgiveness, Empathy, Optimism And Stuff' - Contenders TVĭEADLINE: This character is a new challenge for you.

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