Ted Lasso's Nick Mohammed Doesn't Think A Nate Spin-Off Would Work

The third and likely last season of Apple TV+'s "Ted Lasso" is underway, and it looks like the apparent villain origin story set up at the end of the second season with Nate Shelley, played by magician/actor/comedian Nick Mohammed, might end with the West Ham coach embracing the fact that he's not the vicious, cutthroat person he's trying to be.

Whether Nate is redeemed or not, however, Mohammed has some trepidation around the idea of a whole potential new series centered on his character. "In general, I worry about spin-offs, especially for a really large show like 'Lasso'," he shared in a recent interview with NME. "I mean, if you get it wrong, it's just a shame, isn't it?"

It certainly would be a shame, not to mention a ton of pressure that Mohammed would have to bear, if Apple TV+ gave the greenlight to a Nate-focused spin-off. It turns out, however, that Mohammed has other career hopes and dreams to pursue after "Ted Lasso," and one of them involves him wearing rolling skates.

In the same NME interview, Nick Mohammed shared he'd love to have a sitcom based on his on-stage alter ego, the frazzled teacher, Mr. Swallow. This persona, one Mohammed has honed over his years as a performer at Edinburgh Fringe and elsewhere, can "take a lot of gimmicks," and one of them on his current U.K. tour involves him performing his entire set on roller skates.

Mohammed, who started out his career as a magician performing at restaurant tables, moved on to comedy in his mid-20s. The persona of Mr. Swallow grew with his creative endeavors, and while he has no idea whether there will ever be a fourth season of "Ted Lasso," he does know he'd love to have a sitcom centered around his skate-wearing character.

"I don't think it'll be an easy sell by any means," he admitted about a potential Mr. Swallow show, "because I can foresee questions like, 'Is this a character that only works live?' and 'Does he have the emotional range to sustain a sitcom?' They're the right questions, so I'm getting in the right frame of mind to answer them."

Whether we'll see Mohammed with his own Swallow-centered show in the near future remains to be seen. It also remains to be seen what will happen with Nate in the final episodes in "Ted Lasso" season 3, though Mohammed hinted at what's to come:

"[... ] It's less about Nate being redeemed or not redeemed, and more about everyone's capacity for forgiveness. It's more nuanced than 'Nate's got his redemption arc and that's it completed.' I mean, there are some nice moments along the way, but ... it's so difficult to talk about!"

We'll find out Nate's journey soon, because as of this writing, new episodes of "Ted Lasso" are still dropping Wednesdays on Apple TV+.