Jason Sudeikis has mentioned that Donald Trump<\/a> impressed him to make adjustments to the character of Ted Lasso<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n The actor mentioned the origins of the character in an interview with\u00a0The Guardian<\/a><\/em>, the place he defined that Lasso was initially extra \u201cbelligerent\u201d earlier than the previous US president, and the tradition surrounding him, prompted adjustments.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was the culture we were living in,\u201d Sudeikis mentioned. \u201cI\u2019m not terribly active online and it even affected me. Then you have Donald Trump coming down the escalator. I was like, \u2018OK, this is silly,\u2019 and then what he unlocked in people\u2026 I hated how people weren\u2019t listening to one another.\u201d<\/p>\n The actor mentioned he \u201cdidn\u2019t want to portray\u201d the character because it was initially developed, including: \u201cThings became very binary and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the way the world works. And, as a new parent \u2013 we had our son Otis in 2014 \u2013 it was like, \u2018Boy, I don\u2019t want to add to this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Donald](\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Donald-Trump-Jan-2023.jpg\")