‘Ted Lasso’s Toheeb Jimoh On Why He Wants To Keep On Scoring For AFC Richmond

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EXCLUSIVE: Toheeb Jimoh is feeling wistful. The actor who plays star mid-fielder, Sam Obisanya  for AFC Richmond , the fictional soccer club at the heart of ‘Ted Lasso’ on AppleTV+ ,is now filming season 3, well aware it could be the show’s last.Or could it? “It’s really fun but it’s also weird because we’re not really sure what’s going to happen with ‘Ted Lasso’ ,like whether this will be the final season or not.

Will there be more, a fourth? So, there’s part of me that’s like: then this might be the last time that I get to put this jersey on and I get to work with these guys… there’s an air around it of nostalgia and warmth.“There’s a very sentimental feeling on set,” he tells Deadline in an exclusive interview.However ,the 25 year-old ,who has emerged as one of the show’s breakout stars , is on the side of optimism and certainly favours the  football comedy continuing .He notes that even if the sports comedy progresses to a further session ,season 3 will still be a closing “of sorts.If we go further this will be like the first chapter; the first three seasons will be its own thing .Regardless of whether we do more or not, this still feels like the end of the first chapter of Ted Lasso,which is cool, “ he says.With Jason Sudeikis in the titular role as an American football coach hired to turn around the fortunes of a troubled  U.K.

Premier League soccer team ,audiences were drawn to Ted Lasso’s homespun charm and the unenviable task he had in front of him of making members of his rag-tag team believe in themselves. “Ted’s job was to make these young men the best versions of themselves as opposed to the best footballers they could be,” says Jimoh.Jimoh feels Sam’s journey in the first two seasons is like a Ted Lasso