Tanya Reynolds was not initially sold on Ted Lasso. When her reps reached out about the possibility of a major role in season four, the English actress had never seen the Apple TV show. At that time, Reynolds was so consumed by other work — performing in The Seagull and rehearsing for 1536, both on stage in London’s West End — that she didn’t have the kind of bandwidth that auditioning would require. Then, a month or so later, the opportunity came back around, and, having now wrapped The Seagull, Reynolds agreed to put herself on tape. After all, the scene she’d be reading was legitimately funny. Plus, Lasso was one of TV’s most…
