Brett Goldstein attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2024.Photo:Neilson Barnard/Getty
Neilson Barnard/Getty
Brett Goldstein’s main takeaways fromTed Lassoare twofold.
The actor, 43, toldLaverne Coxon thered carpetat theEmmy Awards2023 on Monday that he’s had some pretty crazy fan encounters as a result of his role as irritable former soccer player Roy Kent.
“People come over to me and say, ‘Please tell me to go eff myself.’ That’s all I get. People just pleasantly tapping me on the shoulder, ‘Can you tell me to go eff myself?’ ” he said.
“Any scene I have with Phil Dunster —who is nominated tonightand thoroughly deserves it — makes me think I might not be a good actor because we laugh so much that we waste so much footage,” Goldstein admitted of the two’s playful antics on set.
Brett Goldstein attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2024.Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
“There are so many scenes where I think, ‘I don’t think we can get through this.’ So that’s a big shoutout to the editors," added the actor, writer and comedian.
“I truly, truly never thought anyone would watch this show. I was like, ‘People won’t get it, it’s set in England, Americans aren’t gonna like it and no one’s gonna watch it,’ " Goldstein admitted before callingTed Lasso’s success a “miracle.”
Both Dunster, 31, and Goldstein are vying for the same award on Monday: outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series. Over the last two years, Goldstein has been nominated in the category and hastaken home the award twice.
Brendan Hunt, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Phil Dunster in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2021.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
In hisacceptance speech at the 2022 awards show, Goldstein joked about swearing too much the first time around.
“Last time I was here, I was told not to swear and I did and I’m sorry but it meant the feed got cut back home in the U.K. so my family never got to hear me say this, so thank you for this second chance,” he said before slipping in yet another expletive.
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He admitted that his “mum nearly crashed her car” when he told her he’d been nominated for an Emmy ina sweet Instagram postreacting to the nod — and also gave a shoutout to Goldstein, whom he called a “hunk of a castmate” that he’s “so proud to be nominated alongside.”
SeePEOPLE’s full coverageof the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards as they’re broadcasting live on Fox from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
source: people.com
