Hannah Waddingham on portraying complicated characters like Rebecca Welton in the show Ted Lasso

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Hannah Waddingham talks about portraying complicated characters like Rebecca Welton in the hit show Ted Lasso.

As the fourth season kicks off, Welton, an imposing English soccer club owner, figuring out who she is post-divorce, questions whether she’s a feminist. And her dilemma is unfamiliar to Waddingham, who describes herself as “very much” a feminist.…

Hannah Waddingham talks about portraying complicated characters like Rebecca Welton in the hit show Ted Lasso.

As the fourth season kicks off, Welton, an imposing English soccer club owner, figuring out who she is post-divorce, questions whether she’s a feminist. And her dilemma is unfamiliar to Waddingham, who describes herself as “very much” a feminist.…

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