Jason Sudeikisjust scored another win for hisTed Lassorole.
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“Thank you to all of my fellow actors, male and female,” he said in his acceptance speech. “That means a lot to me - it really, really does. It’s very, very flattering, very humbling.”
Sudeikis also thanked both of his parents - his mom “for bringing me to plays and musicals in Kansas City every time they came through,” and his dad “for taking me to go see movies.”
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“The whole story ofthat first commercial [in 2013]was that he gets hired to coach a professional soccer team and he gets fired three days later, and we just thought it would be funny if he wasn’t cynical or angry about that, that he just loved the experience and he loved London and he loved soccer, and that he brought that home with him,” SudeikistoldEntertainment Weeklylast year. “And that eternal optimism and like, ‘aw-shucks’ hopefulness really spoke to me in a way that I was like, ‘Okay, there might be something more here.’ Because it’s a really fun character to play, a really fun character to write for, and a really fun prism to see the world through.”
The 27th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are airing from 6-7 p.m. PT/9-10 p.m. ET on TNT and TBS.
source: people.com
