United Kingdom, March 7 -- Nick Mohammed rejected Ted Lasso multiple times.

The 45-year-old actor - who has been married to his Durham university sweetheart Becka since 2014, and has sons Finn and Arthur and daughter Annie with her - initially declined to audition for the Apple TV+ sports comedy show because he was "too busy".

Nick recalled to the Saturday Guardian magazine: "I was 39 when I got the part of Nate in Ted Lasso, an opportunity that very nearly passed me by.

"I'd been knocking around for a bit, doing comedy and acting. I was married and had two kids. I was very happy to be a comedian who did bits of telly, and was filming my TV show Intelligence with David Schwimmer.

"When they asked me to audition, I said I couldn't do i...