'Ted Lasso' has people 'looking internally as opposed to externally'

ABC News' Phil Lipof sat down with Brendan Hunt, co-creator and actor on "Ted Lasso," about the show's mental health message, and the potential for spin-offs after the show wraps its final season.
5:25 | 03/18/23

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I PUT IT ON EVERYTHING. >> I PROBABLY EAT IT ONCE A DAY. SO THE BRITISH SOCCER TEAM, WE ALL MISSED IS FINALLY BACK . THE TWO TIME EMMY WINNING SERIES, TED LASO, HAS RETURNED FOR ITS THIRD SEASON ON APPLE TV. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT NOW IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GETTING STUFF. YEAH, YEAH. LIKE ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU WANT TO HAVE CLASS OUTSIDE, BUT YOU TALKING ABOUT WE ARE OUTSIDE IN HERE. HE IS RIGHT. AND HE JOINS US . BRENDON, THANKS SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THOSE WHO LOVE THE SHOW AND WATCH THE SHOW, YOU PLAY COACH AND WHO IS REALLY TED LASSOS ROCK THROUGH THE SERIES THAT CHEMISTRY. YOU'RE ALSO A WRITER OF THE SHOW THAT CHEMISTRY IS , I THINK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THE SHOW SO SPECIAL. WHEN YOU WERE WRITING IT WAS THAT THE PLAN TO TO LEAN INTO CHEMISTRY WITH A BEARD AND TED, YES AND NO BEARD IS JUST THERE FOR TED . HE'S GOING TO FILL IN THE BLANKS OF WHATEVER TED NEEDS. AND SINCE TED IS REALLY GOOD AT TALKING, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT MUCH. SO HE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, VERBALLY ANYWAY, SO HE'S JUST THERE TO BE THE READY, STEADY ROCK AND SUPPORT SERIES COMES BACK AFTER KITMAN TURNED ASSISTANT COACH NATE LEAVES AC RICHMOND BEHIND, TEARING UP THAT FAMOUS BELIEVE SIDE. HOW DO YOU THINK AUDIENCES ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT HAPPENING AT THE END OF THE SEASON AND WHERE IT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING? >> IF I'M READING BETWEEN THE LINES CORRECTLY, I THINK ALMOST LIKE THAT WEEK, JASON WAS LIKE I THINK HE'S GOT A TON OF THE BELIEFS AND LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE BUT I LOVE IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS IS SORT OF LIKE INTERNAL MYTHOLOGY NOW AROUND THE SHOW AND THAT BELIEVE SIGN. AND I THINK PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS , IS TEARING DOWN ICONS ANYWAY. AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING INTERNALLY AS OPPOSED TO EXTERNALLY FOR THINGS RYAN SMITH BYTEDANCE OF WHAT YOU ASSIGN TO IT. >> YOU THINK ALL THE TIME? WELL, ACCORDING TRAILERS I'VE SEEN, THERE'S ANOTHER SIGN IN THE OFFICE. SO SOMETHING'S HAPPENED THERE. >> BUT WE'LL SEE. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE. YEAH, I GET YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ME ANYTHING FOR THE FENCES AND I GET IT. SO IF YOU BRING ME ANOTHER TRANSPARENT DESK, WHAT DOES THIS PERSON CAN'T DO IT FILL? I THINK IT'S TRUE. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE WHAT MATERIAL THIS IS , BUT YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT ALL. SO THIS IS IN THE SECOND SEASON. YOU ADDRESS SOME MORE SERIOUS ISSUES. AND I THINK I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE GENIUS IN THE WRITING. THE FIRST SEASON. PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING, THEY'RE FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE CHARACTERS. YOU SEE SOME SOME PANIC ATTACKS WITH TED AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY ADDRESS IN THE SECOND SEASON WHETHER IT'S ANXIETY OR THERAPY. YOU ADDRESS THAT YOU DID YOU GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM FROM FANS OF THE SHOW? DID THEY DID THEY LIKE THAT TURN? I MEAN, THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM PEOPLE ON THE SHOW IS SO UNIQUELY MOVING AND HAS BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, FOR VARIOUS REASONS. BUT WHEN WE ADDED THE THE THERAPY ELEMENT, HEARD BACK FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERAPY HAS HELPED THEIR LIVES. AND SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST FINALLY TAKING THE STEP TO START THERAPY BECAUSE OF THE SHOW IN A NOTABLE EPISODE EPISODE THAT FOCUSED ON YOU. AT THIS POINT, COACH BEARD WALKS ALONE TO GATHER HIS THOUGHTS RIGHT AFTER AFTER LOSING A GAME. >> SO LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLIP QUICKLY FOR KEITH. THANKS VERY MUCH. PEOPLE. HE NEEDED A HUG. I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED A HUG. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? WE CAN TALK AND DRINK AS LONG AS WE TALK ABOUT ANYTHING. BUT THE GAME ENDED. >> HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO VEGAS? WAS TED LIKE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? HOW DO YOU COPE? NO, THE UNIVERSE IS IN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS AND IN THE SECOND TED SEEMS TO LEAN ON OTHER PEOPLE, YOU BEING ONE OF THEM IN THE SHOW. >> BUT YOU BOTH COPE DIFFERENTLY. IT WAS THAT A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO SHOW TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO COPE WITH THINGS? YEAH, AND WE HAVE TO DRAW THE THE LINE OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THESE GUYS WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AND ONE IS BEARD REALLY ENJOYS SURRENDERING TO THE KNIGHTS WHEREVER IT MAY TAKE HIM AND SAYING YES TO WHATEVER DOOR IS OPEN TO HIM ,EVEN IF THEY TAKE HIM DOWN. THE OCCASIONAL DARK ALLEY. >> COSTAR JASON SUDEIKIS OBVIOUSLY SAID SEASON THREE IS THE END OF THE STORY. YOU GUYS WANTED TO TELL ME. I DON'T KNOW IF HE OUTRIGHT SAID IT, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THIS MAY BE THE FINAL SEASON. WHETHER IT IS OR ISN'T, YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU MAY. >> WE TRULY DON'T. I'M LIKE A LIE DETECTOR. GIVE ME YOUR LOOK AT YOUR WRIST. >> NO, YOU TRULY DON'T. BUT IT. >> HAS ANYBODY APPROACHED YOU OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT SPINOFFS TO THIS? BECAUSE IT'S SO WILDLY SUCCESSFUL GLOBALLY? >> IT'S SUCH A SUCCESS? WELL, I THINK BRAD GOLDSTEIN, A PLACE WHERE HE CAN IS ON RECORD THAT HE HAS A SPIN OFF. HE'S TRYING TO PITCH AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS IN IT. >> I HAVEN'T BEEN CONSULTED. I MEAN, I THOUGHT BRAD AND I WERE FRIENDS. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT. BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, WE WE REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW BECAUSE, YEAH, AS YOU SAY, WE ALWAYS SAW IT AS LIKE A THREE MOVEMENT SUITE, BASICALLY. AND WE'RE AT THE END OF THE THIRD MOVEMENT NOW. AND THAT WILL BE A KIND OF END . AND THEN WE'RE TAKING A LITTLE BREAK BECAUSE WE'RE TIRED OF EACH OTHER. BUT AFTER THAT, IT COULD PICK UP FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF. IT COULD PICK UP IN A NEW WAY OR MAYBE WE WON'T DO ANYTHING. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW. BUT BUT WE'RE COMING TO AN END AND AFTER THAT, EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE. BRENDAN , THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND WISH YOU THE BEST SUCCESS, WHETHER YOU WIND UP A HEAD

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