Hannah Waddinghamwanted nothing to do withTed Lassocreator and her costarJason Sudeikison her last day of filming season 3 of the hit Apple+ show.
“As we wrapped, Jason turned up and gave me a squeeze,” the British star, 48, recalls in this week’s issue of PEOPLE, where she opens up about life before and afterLasso.
Rather than hug him back, “I was like, ‘Don’t. Don’t! Because I will literally start crying. Go away. Give me a squeeze and then I’ll say “See you later” and we’ll go for dinner somewhere.'”
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Though ithasn’t been announcedwhether or notseason 3 will be the show’s last, on that day, Waddingham had all the feels as if it were the end. It made her take stock in the moment.
If it is indeed the end forLasso, Waddingham has plenty to occupy her time.
Since scooping up the 2021 Emmy Award foroutstanding supporting actress, she’s landed roles in major upcoming projects like PBS’s limited seriesTom Jones,The Fall GuywithRyan Goslingand in the next installment ofMission: ImpossibleoppositeTom Cruise.
The single mom often tells her 8-year-old daughter, “I have to strike while the iron is hot!”
It’s currently white-hot from where Waddingham is sitting, and after decades in musical theater and as a “jobbing actress” in the U.K., she couldn’t feel more grateful — or grounded.
“I think when [success] comes to you late in life, you take it more with a pinch of salt,” she says. “I’d never shy away from that fact, that I’m 48, I just try to be the best version of myself, make people smile and hope they make me smile.”
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source: people.com
