Lloyd Griffith wasn't supposed to be in 'Ted Lasso', but he landed a part in the show after a Hollywood role cruelly fell through.
Lloyd Griffith wasn't supposed to be in Ted Lasso
The 40-year-old comedian portrays a reporter called Lloyd in the hit Apple TV+ series, but he nearly didn’t appear in the show because he had been cast in a unnamed Hollywood film.
Despite going for costume fittings, the movie part fell through because the director decided to re-cast him, after the filmmaker had a dream about his role.
He told the 'RHLSTP' podcast: "It was a really weird one, because 'Ted Lasso' is such an amazing series, but no one really knew how it was going to go at the start, and I wasn't supposed to be in it.
"I'm still not really allowed to talk about it, but I got offered a lead role in a Hollywood film, and I took it and was going out to America and having wig fittings and costume fittings, and seven weeks later it went, and it was soul destroying.
"There were two parts and there were two of us who got replaced. The director just changed his mind. He had a dream apparently. The other actor is a huge Hollywood name.
"Word got round that I was in this Hollywood thing, and then Ted Lasso wanted to see me and it was one of the most amazing things in the world."
Former 'Soccer AM' star Lloyd has heaped praise on 'Ted Lasso', describing the programme as the "perfect job".
He added: "As a step into filming, it was just the perfect job.
“It's a heartfelt, warm show and that's exactly what it was like."