What happened next, much like Ronaldo's kick in 2009, defied, well, everything. On the first take, Dunster placed the ball, dragged his feet back on the turf as he lined up, took a deep breath while standing wide-legged, just like Ronaldo, and started his approach. "I think my eyes were probably closed the whole way," Dunster told ESPN from the kitchen of his West London home. In this scene, critical to Episode 6 of Season 2, the actors who played Dunster's AFC Richmond teammates were instructed to react as if the shot had gone in to give AFC Richmond a 1-0 lead over Tottenham Hotspur in an FA Cup quarterfinal. In the back of his mind, though, Dunster knew that as long as he made a believable kick, the shot could be guided into the net by computer-generated imagery (CGI) during post-production, along with the addition of the stadium and fans that completed the scene. Though he's an avid soccer fan, an ardent supporter of AFC Wimbledon of England's League One and tries to play 5-a-side twice a week, at the end of the day, Dunster is still an actor. While Dunster's character, Tartt, had the skill - he's depicted as an arrogant yet very good Premier League player in the show - and the bravado to make viewers believe he could pull off the shot, Dunster dug deep to rely on his soccer skill developed as a child. ESPN+ viewers' guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more Here was the 29-year-old Dunster, last spring, on a pitch at Hayes and Yeading United F.C., just down the street from the West London Film Studios where "Ted Lasso" - which won four Emmys on Sunday night, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, and seven overall - was filmed, trying to replicate not just one of the hardest shots in all of soccer, but trying to emulate one of the best scorers the game has ever seen. He just didn't know exactly how much Ronaldo he was channeling.ĭunster wanted to recreate Ronaldo's famous free-kick goal from the 2009 Champions League semifinal against Arsenal that defied odds, physics and Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia. When Phil Dunster lined up his free kick from 45 yards as the fictional AFC Richmond striker Jamie Tartt in Apple TV+'s hit show "Ted Lasso," he was summoning his inner Cristiano Ronaldo. 'Ted Lasso' and its Cristiano Ronaldo moment: How the hit show strives to get the soccer right You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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