
Goldstein: Because he doesn’t show anyone he can be hurt. And also Keeley didn’t think about that she had hurt Roy, because Roy’s a closed book. Temple: You need someone to hold you accountable. Goldstein: “This is a thing, that you’ve listened and responded and been honest and owned up to something?” That’s the beginning of the end for him he’s a goner then. And he’s wildly attracted to Keeley, but then at the gala in Episode 4, when he sort of says, “You made me feel like an idiot,” and she apologizes, it’s probably the first time that’s ever happened. Goldstein: And Roy’s been in a very, very, very dark place for a while, because he knows he’s on his way out, and I don’t think he has a plan beyond the end of his career. At the same time, I don’t think they’ve ever allowed people to really love them, because they’re not necessarily sure they’re lovable, because they don’t know what it is to fully be known. Temple: She’s trying to figure out who she is when the model thing is no longer an option, so they’re both coming up to changes in their lives. Goldstein: Though they’re very different, they’ve both been in the same kind of relationships that are shallow and distrustful, and if they’re being honest, they’re both scared of being loved, and they have let in bad people. What do you like about Keeley and Roy together? Why do they work? You’re a very, very good actor, and they generally can be difficult. You need to choose one thing about that person that makes them the most delicious, intoxicating, perfect creation to you.īrett, your nervousness with Juno would play well into Roy’s discomfort with Keeley at first, wouldn’t it? For me, there’s a situation when you have to play a couple on camera, and you have to be in love with each other, and you have to create a sense of actually existing with that person in private places that nobody else sees. When did you know that you would be able to make this couple believable? As they discuss their onscreen pairing, their own camaraderie is evident. They are not their roles, of course, but on this day together - Temple is as effervescent as Keeley, while Goldstein is as thoughtful - and as given to swearing - as Roy. Together, they are as irresistible to each other as they are to fans of “Ted Lasso.” The warm Apple TV + comedy, starring Jason Sudeikis as an American football coach hired to coach a soccer team in England, garnered 20 Emmy nominations, including supporting role nods for Brett Goldstein as Roy and Juno Temple as Keeley.


Cheeky semi-celebrity Keeley Jones has a tenderness tempered with steel.

Aging footballer Roy Kent wears his anger like a shell, but crack it and he’s a dang teddy bear.
