The Hollywood Reporter (Weekly)
Back on the Red Carpet
Ted Lasso stars Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple and co-creator Bill Lawrence celebrated season two (and 20 Emmy noms) at the L.A. premiere July 15. Regarding possible wins in September, Sudeikis — wearing a shirt in support of Black English soccer stars Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka, who were racially abused by online trolls — said he “won’t even think about that until the moment it happens or doesn’t happen.” Added Lawrence, “Part of the Ted Lasso deal is not getting caught up in the winning and losing and the hoopla.” The premiere, held at West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Center and followed by an afterparty at Cecconi’s, kicked off an entire weekend of Ted Lasso-centered events, including an FYC screening with the stars and exec producers returning to the Pacific Design Center on the July 16. On July 17, THR hosted a special sneak peek of the Apple TV+ hit’s second season at the Ross House in the Mount Olympus neighborhood of Los Angeles, co-sponsored by Heineken, with Waddingham and Temple. The two stars were fresh off of their own Emmy noms; the morning of the announcements, they “rang each other immediately with the news and just blubbed at each other’s faces. It was one of the first calls — you had only spoken to your mum,” Waddingham recalled at the THR Presents event, where Temple said, “I hadn’t talked to my mum yet! I spoke to my agent.” Retorted Waddingham, “That’s showbiz!”