Brett Goldstein, from Ted Lasso to Marvel

Brett Goldstein is experiencing his peak of popularity and recognition. Actor and comedian, this 42-year-old British man’s life changed completely when he decided to join the cast of ted lassothe comedy revelation of 2021 and the platform’s first major hit AppleTV +.

His lauded role as a veteran and tough, but ultimately sensitive footballer, Roy Kent saw him win the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the first season. He is now nominated in the same category for the second installment of the story created and starring Jason Sudeikis.

Podcast host and screenwriter, Goldstein is also co-creator and executive producer of shrinkageanother Apple TV + series in production and starring Harrison Ford and Jason Segal.

As if that weren’t enough, it now looks like Goldstein will also be a god of Marvel Studios. At least this is intuited in the latest MCU production.

Marvel’s surprise call

In the midst of filming the third and final season of ted lasso and in full production shrinkagethe actor chatted with the site The playlist and confessed that his appearance as Hercules in the credits of Thor: Love and thunder out of nowhere.

He says he was just asked to do a Zoom call with some Marvel executives, but he had no idea what purpose. He added that the whole experience was “surreal”.

“It was a really eventful evening and they said, ‘Can you find the time for a Zoom?’, ‘Yeah, sure.’ And they just told me what you see in the movie. ‘Russell Crowe is Zeus.’ and I said, ‘Okay.’ And blah, blah, blah, “she started.

“And suddenly they reveal to me, ‘Hercules is you.’ And I was like, ‘What? How? Are you serious? Are you kidding me?’ it was for other people, “said the London actor.

Will Hercules reappear?

Goldstein says he was surprised and “pleased” with the positive response to his cameo appearance in Taika Waititi’s film. He admits that he only had two weeks to prepare for the scene and jokes that he did 400 push-ups to be as “pumped” as possible for the shot.

“In a way, it was a new experience that I haven’t had in a long time since I haven’t been involved behind the scenes at all,” Goldstein explains of his experience with the Marvel world.

“You’re in good hands. They do very good things. And Taika Waititi is brilliant. Who knows if anything will come of it … I don’t know, but it was a fun thing to do and I love that people seem to have enjoyed it.”

Then? Goldstein has not confirmed whether he will return as Hercules in the future Thor or another Marvel story. But he’s quite busy, which, according to what he said in that same interview, “is pretty much a dream come true.”

Ted Lasso and the “kidnapped” Emmy.

After hitting the 2021 Emmys with seven statuettes, including Best Comedy, ted lasso received another 20 nominations for awards recognizing the best of American television.

Goldstein, who is also co-writer on the series, talked about the feelings of having one of the most nominated productions again. “I think last year was so crazy, so amazing and so complete that I thought there weren’t any more,” he began.

“To be honest with you, we were in the writers’ roomted lasso and we had forgotten about it, but Brendan (Hunt, one of the creators) had his cell phone under the table and suddenly, in a very low voice, he says, ‘This has been named. This was named. This was named ‘. And we said, ‘What the fuck?’ So my reaction was one of surprise and joy, just like the first one. And it looks … ridiculous. It’s ridiculous, “he said.

In the long chat with The playlist, the likeable Goldstein shared several pearls. Among them, he blamed that the Emmy he won last year doesn’t have it at home.

“My mother has it right now. She was in Los Angeles, so I gave it to her for her to take care of, but she doesn’t want to give up now. In a way, it would be nice to win another one just to have an Emmy with me. It is the truth. My mom often sends me pictures of her with the Emmy. Looks like she’s having a lot of fun with him. “

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