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Returning to set for Ted Lasso season three felt "epic," says Juno Temple.
"It felt like coming home," the actress, who plays Keeley Jones in the AppleTV+ series, tells Town & Country over Zoom. "It's like a safe place, seeing all these incredible faces that have guided you through this extraordinary experience—well, we've all guided each other, I guess, it's a proper team—all getting back together feels cozy, feels safe. Even when sometimes you're super nervous about a scene, everyone has each other's backs. There's a safety net around it, which is really awesome."
As Temple prepared for the launch of Ted Lasso season three, she talked all about Keeley's evolution, working in London, and being in the moment while filming.
What has Keeley's character evolution been like for you as an actress?
It's been amazing. She starts off thinking a certain way about herself and then, my God, what a turn that took! And I love that. And the fact that that came from Rebecca acknowledging that, a woman that she really looks up to and then becomes best friends with and who then guides her into being this little powerhouse is so spectacular.
We get the scripts as we're going along, so you have to completely live in the moment when you're shooting, because you don't know what's happening next entirely—at all. I think that's something that really helps make the show what it is: You are existing in that moment and you're trusting the writers and the creators to tell the story.
It feels the most real life as I've experienced on a job, where you're learning as you go entirely.
So you had no idea what was going to happen for her episode by episode?
I heard whispering, a few little tidbits that Jason [Sudeikis] had mentioned to me, but also there's something in not knowing that I really trusted with this show, too. It really does make you exist in the present moment for it. None of it is overly rehearsed in your head. And, my information that I would get ahead of time would never be entirely precise, it would be a broad outline of where things might go.
I remember in season two, there was one phrase that for some reason in my Keeley accent, I kept getting slightly wrong and then Jason did have to come over and I was like, 'Do I need to get used to this kind of lingo?' He was like, 'Well, sort of... yes and no. Yes in the sense that there may be more of it to come. But no, in the sense that Keeley doesn't always have to be great at it, you know?" [laughs] I was like, 'Ah, okay, copy that.'
