“People would be like, ‘Aren’t you that guy from Ted Lasso? Aren’t you supposed to be like a Premier League footballer?'” Dunster said. “And I would be rubbish by comparison and they’d be like, and that was very embarrassing for me. It’s happened a couple times.”
His character, Jamie Tartt, is far from rubbish. On the show, he was good enough to play for Manchester City and a key member of Lasso’s squad.
Dunster had yet to be informed what Tartt’s player rating was in the game but was willing to speculate.
“I think Jamie is 25. He’s not yet capped for England, so he’s not that level, but he’s also a hot shot striker. Listen, Harry Kane‘s been playing for England. It’s hard to be an English striker because Harry Kane is always fit,” Dunster said. “So that’s probably why [Tartt] hasn’t been like at the top, top, top of his game, haven’t given the opportunities. But he was at City — really, really promising player. So with all of those things in mind, I reckon he’s — I’m gonna say overall 84.”
Turns out, Dunster’s logic lined up with the creators of the game. A spokesman for EA Sports FIFA later confirmed that Tartt was given an 84 overall rating, which puts him a point behind Leicester City‘s Jamie Vardy and Chelsea‘s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
FIFA 23 will be released on Sept. 30.
