Actress Hannah Waddingham is an outstanding actress and one can see it in Jason Sudeikis’ show, Ted Lasso. Apart from her acting skills, Waddingham is also known for her height, which is 5 feet 11 inches. In the past, the actress has explained that she has struggled in the entertainment industry because of her height.
However, working with Jason Sudeikis on Ted Lasso was a completely different experience for her. Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso aired the final episode of its third season in May and Sudeikis confirmed in March 2023 that the third season marked the “end of the story that we wanted to tell, that we were hoping to tell, that we loved to tell.”
Working with Jason Sudeikis was a “unique” experience for Hannah Waddingham
Actress Hannah Waddingham recently appeared on ABC’s talk show, The View, and explained that working in Ted Lasso with actor Jason Sudeikis was a “unique” experience because he didn’t care about her tall frame. She said,
“When I went in for this, Jason [Sudeikis] was like, ‘I don’t care if she wears four-inch heels. Let’s do it.’ I was like 45 when we started shooting, which, in itself, is fabulous and unusual… ridiculous that it’s so unusual but the fact that he was just like, ‘No, I don’t care that she’s taller than me,’ That is a completely unique situation to find yourself in where the man is so generous that they want to raise you up and celebrate everything that you are and not that you are, like, some skinny mini.”
Hannah Waddingham’s height is 5 feet 11 inches while Jason Sudeikis is about 6 feet tall. So, while wearing heels, Waddingham was taller than him in multiple scenes.
Hannah Waddingham struggled a lot because of her height
Waddingham also explained that because of her height, she has faced a lot of difficulties in the entertainment industry. She said,
“I think being a woman who is not small, very tall, I had always struggled. You know, the amount of times they’d just be like, ‘Well, you know, we’ve already cast a guy who is five-foot-seven,’ or, ‘We’ve already cast a guy that’s this big,’ and you’re like, ‘Okay!'”
Even today, many casting directors prefer to hire a female lead star that is shorter than the male lead star. If the height difference is more than 3-4 inches, it’s hard to fit the two characters in the same frame without making it look silly.
Ted Lasso has officially ended
Ted Lasso wrapped up the third season of the show in May 2023. With Sudeikis confirming that the show has ended, there are speculations that a spinoff is in the works. Earlier this month, Apple TV’s official Twitter account posted a picture of Beard (Brendan Hunt), Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), and Nathan (Nick Mohammed) and wrote, “Smells like potential.”
Nick Mohammed then responded to it with an emoji that had its mouth zipped. However, nothing is confirmed as of now, and these are just speculations.
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Source: The View
