'Ted Lasso' actor reveals Nate's physical transformation was inspired by a famous coach
Nick Mohammed tweeted about it.
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THE SEASON FINALE OF TED LASSO SEASON 2. STOP READING IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET.
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It’s been quite an arc for Nate (Nick Mohammed) in Season 2, with the assistant coach turning on Ted and ultimately leaking some very personal info about Lasso’s mid-game panic attack to Trent Crimm, The Independent.
And it all leads up to the ultimate heel turn for a character who’s been turning that way all season, with his hair turning a silvery gray and him donning a black suit in the finale: He’s now coaching for West Ham United under Rebecca’s ex-husband Rupert, who now owns the Premiere League team.
Let’s talk about the physical transformation for Nate — our Andrew Joseph wondered: Was Nate supposed to look like current Roma coach Jose Mourinho?
Also Nate completed a metamorphosis into Jose Mourinho in what? Two episodes? pic.twitter.com/KO86YomJBh
— Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) October 8, 2021
Mohammed had an answer: In a super-cool post on Twitter, he said his decent into darkness was modeled in his head on … Jose Mourinho!
Me again! CONTAINS SPOILERS so maybe don't read until you've watched the season finale, but here are a few thoughts on Nate and responses to your tweets! X #TedLasso PS Also, huge shoutout to the magnificent @joekellyjk47 who cowrote this episode with Jason
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— Nick Mohammed (@nickmohammed) October 8, 2021
Yep. A lot of people agreed that this was Mourinho-esque:
So Nate is basically Mourinho? pic.twitter.com/XL8Cu7yMFQ
— Fidel Martinez (@fidmart85) October 8, 2021
They have turned the boy Nate into Jose Mourinho. I love it. #TedLasso pic.twitter.com/XV9uFHtXcM
— Mazi Genco Abbandando (@OGB_Caesar) October 8, 2021
Nate's story arc this season is probably Jose Mourinho's origin story. #TedLasso
— Stormin' Norman (@Kombo_Ren) October 8, 2021
Can’t wait to see what happens to him in Season 3.