Actor Brett Goldstein on his new role, co-creating "Shrinking" and the future of "Ted Lasso"

Actor Brett Goldstein on his new role, co-creating “Shrinking” and the future of “Ted Lasso”

Actor Brett Goldstein, who starred as Roy Kent on the Emmy-winning show “Ted Lasso,” is taking on a new role that he says he initially didn’t intend on playing.

The Apple TV+ show, “Shrinking,” stars Jason Segel as Jimmy, a therapist grieving the death of his wife, who was killed by a drunk driver. In season two, Goldstein, who is also a co-creator, shows up as that driver.

“Playing a drunk driver who’s been responsible for this thing, I did loads and loads of research … We read lots of accounts of people on both sides of this thing happening and listened to lots of people’s stories,” Goldstein said.

Ted Lasso,” but didn’t give much away.

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“I’ve heard these rumors,” he said laughingly, before asking “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King, “You got any info?”

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Source: cbsnews.com