Jason Sudeikis reveals where his cult “Ted Lasso” dance came from

fans

discovered Jason Sudeikis' cult dance in the pilot episode of the Apple TV + series.

Movements that are nothing new for those who follow the career of the actor, since he had already used them in several sketches during his visit to

.

But until now, we did not know the origin of this dance.

On the occasion of the release of the second season of Ted Lasso, the star has lifted the veil on the "Running Man".

“It's the same dance I did when I was 15 and one of the few white kids on a basketball team in Kansas City to make my teammates laugh.

Trust me, nothing that I did at SNL has pleased people anymore, they only talk to me about this, this dance, ”he told Entertainment Weekly.

The circle is complete

Jason Sudeikis had previously revealed that his character of Ted Lasso was also inspired by his high school basketball coach, one Donnie Campbell.

"It was this guy who came from a small town in Kansas and spoke with aphorisms, he said to me 'Sudeikis, you look even more nervous than a cat who leaves his tail in a store. rocking chairs '', he revealed last week on the Today show.

It was only with

that the star decided to "bring out" the famous dance of the Running Man.

“The irony and the beauty of it all is that I did all these years of training in comedy, I did a lot of stuff, but it's this dance that I created at the age 15 that I took over at the very beginning of

”he laughed.

The second season of

has just started on Apple TV Plus, and faced with the success of the series (20 Emmy nominations, a record for a first season), the streaming service has decided to broadcast each episode individually.

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