What you need to know
- A conspiracy on Reddit believes Ted Lasso character Roy Kent is actually CGI.
- Viewers of the show have latched onto a thread, originally started almost a year ago.
Ted Lasso might be the hottest ticket on Apple TV+ right now, but some viewers are losing their minds over a conspiracy that terrifying midfielder Roy Kent is actually a computer-generated image.
A thread spotted by Guy Dolbey on Twitter that started on Reddit last year reads:
I just started watching the pilot, and i'm up to the scene where roy is called into teds office. Am i crazy or does he look like a complete cgi character?
no more ted lasso discourse it's time for "brett goldstein is cgi" discourse pic.twitter.com/DkSlFAlNp7no more ted lasso discourse it's time for "brett goldstein is cgi" discourse pic.twitter.com/DkSlFAlNp7— guy (@guymrdth) August 28, 2021August 28, 2021
Whilst that might sound crazy, plenty of people have chimed in to say they thought the same thing, comments read:
It certainly looks like it! I thought the same thinghe 100% is CGI, i swear he glows off the screen and looks like a halo character in movement and speechHas to be CGI. I found this by searching for an answer to my quiestion.I know I'm 67 days after the first post, but i just started the show. I was creeped out by the random cgi, searched it and this was the top result on google. What is this shit?Thank god this tread exists... it been the biggest question I've had since I started the show ... wtf is going on? He must be cgi or something ?I too agree
Even some folk on Twitter agreed:
Okay but my gf and I DEFINITELY thought that maybe for like 1-2 episodes maybe he couldn’t be on set for some reason and they CGI’ed him in. Like the movements were weird and his face was *too* smoothOkay but my gf and I DEFINITELY thought that maybe for like 1-2 episodes maybe he couldn’t be on set for some reason and they CGI’ed him in. Like the movements were weird and his face was *too* smooth— Fibromyalgia Walk with Me (@lana_nicole42) September 1, 2021September 1, 2021
CGI or not (it's not), Roy Kent's portrayal by Brett Goldstein recently scored the actor a Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy award from the Hollywood Critics Associations, which also awarded the show best streaming series and best actor to Jason Sudeikis, as well as best supporting actress to Hannah Waddingham.
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