Brett Goldstein won two Emmys for playing Ted Lasso’s A+ swearer Roy Kent, proving there is an art to telling someone to “f--- off.” In Shrinking’s second season, Goldstein takes on a role where he is the one being instructed by various characters to “get the f--- out of here” and “shut the f--- up.

Ted Lasso writer, Brett Goldstein, who also plays Roy Kent, has come out to convey that the Apple TV+ series is indeed a modern-day adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. The confession comes in the wake of the release of Wicked,

Ted Lasso's Brett Goldstein says the Apple TV+ comedy series takes inspiration from L. Frank Baum's classic cautionary tale.

According to Goldstein, his character Roy Kent is the Tin Man, "Ted is Dororthy, Rebecca's the Lion, and the Scarecrow is Jamie [Tartt]," Brett Goldstein Confirms Ted Lasso Was Inspired by The Wizard