According to Comicbook, Ted Lasso star Hanna Waddingham (Les Misérables) addresses a possible spinoff series based on the last episode of the series. Spoilers for the series ahead; Waddingham’s character…Rebecca at the ending of the series teased that she was interested in forming a Richmond team for the women’s league. Waddingham as well as many other co-stars were unaware if there would be a spin-off to the series.
Waddingham shared with the Los Angeles Times, “When Juno and I read that, we didn’t know how we wanted to convey our excitement about the potential of that. In the script, I was meant to look up from the folder and just be like, ‘Oh, it’s on.’ But we couldn’t contain our excitement. So if you look at it, we do have a moment of ‘Aghhhh!’ The hard part is the fact that unless I play her, Rebecca doesn’t exist anymore. And I want to see her through. If you are left at a moment with the character, you want to see them through that moment. Does it work with her and the Dutchman? Does she have a female league? I mean, I hope so! It feels like it’s finished but not finished, because none of our lives are.”
According to Comicbook, Ted Lasso writer Brett Goldstein (Thor: Love and Thunder) was recently asked about the Twitter post from Apple TV+, and he confirmed it wasn’t meant to be a tease for a future spin-off.
Goldstein shared with Entertainment Weekly last month, “For the record, none of us were involved in that. I think it was just, here’s a picture from the show, and I think a lot of people may have misinterpreted it. What would that potential [spinoff] be? Well, yeah, it’d be Roy making chocolate biscuits for Rebecca, and Beard and Roy working out who could communicate least. And Nate doing all the good stuff. And a lot of bloody laughs along the way.”
All seasons of Ted Lasso can be streamed on Apple TV+.