Hannah Waddingham said working with Jason Sudeikis on Ted Lasso was 'unique' because he didn't care that she was taller than him

• Hannah Waddingham said it was "unique" Jason Sudeikis didn't care that she's taller than he is. 
• "I don't care if she wears four-inch heels. Let's do it," Waddingham recalled Sudeikis saying. 
• The pair starred alongside each other in Apple TV's three-season run of "Ted Lasso." 

Hannah Waddingham said working with Jason Sudeikis on Apple TV's hit show "Ted Lasso" was "unique" because the actor did not care that she is much taller than he is. 

"I think being a woman who is not small, very tall, I had always struggled," Waddingham admitted on a Thursday appearance on "The View." 

"You know, the amount of times they'd just be like, 'Well, you know, we've already cast a guy who is five-foot-seven,' or, 'We've already cast a guy that's this big,' and you're like, 'Okay!'"

But when she auditioned for "Lasso," Waddingham said she had a different experience.

"When I went in for this, Jason [Sudeikis] was like, 'I don't care if she wears four-inch heels. Let's do it.'"

Wadidngham said it was "nice" that he didn't seem to care about her height or age: "I was like 45 when we started shooting, which, in itself, is fabulous and unusual — ridiculous that it's so unusual." 

She continued: "But the fact that he was just like, 'No, I don't care that she's taller than me,' That is a completely unique situation to find yourself in where the man is so generous that they want to raise you up and celebrate everything that you are and not that you are, like, some skinny mini."

—The View (@TheView) June 15, 2023

 

Waddingham and Sudeikis starred alongside each other in the three-season run of "Ted Lasso," which came to an end last month.