During Brett Goldstein’s early days in the Ted Lasso writers’ room, he knew in his soul that he was meant to play legendary footballer Roy Kent. He filmed an audition tape, emailed it to the team, and braced for the possibility that no one else would see the vision.

Segel encouraged Goldstein to take on the role of Louis, a drastic departure physically and otherwise from the gruff, fully-bearded UK football star Roy Kent that he portrayed on the Emmy-winning “Ted Lasso” for three seasons.

After being a writer on season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, former Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein joined the cast for season 2, and he tells ABC Audio it wasn’t