Character
Leslie Higgins
Leslie Higgins in Ted Lasso (2020), played by Jeremy Swift.
Leslie Higgins runs communications for AFC Richmond, which mostly means smoothing over disasters and managing reporters who smell blood. He's polite to a fault, a little anxious, and clearly used to being overlooked in the room. Married with kids, quietly decent, he does his job and tries not to make waves.
Jeremy Swift plays him as endearingly unglamorous — the guy who apologizes before he's even done anything wrong. The writing uses him as a barometer for the club's chaos, but Swift finds real warmth underneath the nervousness, so every small moment of backbone he's given lands far bigger than it should.
He has many delegated tasks as well, such as when he arrange accommodation and housing information for Ted Lasso and Coach Beard when they arrives at Nelson Road Stadium, and getting Jamie Tartt some tickets for James Tartt and his cronies. Before Rebecca took over the ownership of the club, he had to assist Rupert Mannion's every demand and affair including arranged his boss' meeting with other women.
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Ted Lasso2020