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Hannah Waddingham “Keeps Mental List Of Casting Directors Who Blocked Her Career”


The Ted Lasso star says she's happy to tell people she won't work with them now she's a star in demand.

“Yes, there is a little list of people who wouldn’t give me the time of day but now want to work together,” Waddingham revealed. Waddingham, who was previously a musical theatre star, has shared her struggles to score significant screen roles. When she won an Emmy Award for her role in the gentle comedy Ted Lasso, she used her acceptance speech to urge producers to give theatre performers a break.

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