Overview
- Grant Feely, 14, debuts as Ted Lasso’s son Henry in Season 4 on Apple TV, replacing Gus Turner after the role moved from brief phone appearances to a larger on-screen part.
- Show producers recast the character because Season 4 relocates Henry to England and increases the role’s physical demands, including visible soccer play that the storyline requires.
- Feely’s selection followed a multi-stage audition process that included a months-long wait, being flown to Los Angeles for final callbacks, and chemistry reads with Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt.
- Feely trained for soccer with his brothers and spent time learning the sport on set, where he reported close creative collaboration with Sudeikis, who serves as actor, writer, and executive producer and sometimes revises scenes.
- Since Turner left the role, he has taken new parts at Netflix, and Season 4’s shift to Ted coaching a women’s team builds on the series’ award-winning history while changing Henry’s on-screen life and relationships.