"I phoned Phil a couple months before season two and I was like, 'I've got this wacky idea for your hair. Please don't cut it,'" says Austin, about the Grealish coif. "Then he went, 'Well, I've got an idea, too,' and we were literally thinking of the same thing."
. "Like Jamie Tartt, he always likes his accessories, like he's always got a little man bag and his caps and his 'icon' belt and stuff like that," she says.Last season's newbie from Nigeria, Sam, also undergoes a style evolution as he excels as the heart of the team, confidently takes a stand for his beliefs and country and finds romance.
Preparing for said milestone in episode seven, Sam receives a grooming session from a teammate who's also a "secret master barber." Of course, in real life, Jimoh wasn't so keen about having an amateur stylist actually cut his hair — plus, scenes are filmed out of order. "That was a bit of a continuity nightmare," says Levy, who "improvised" with adding authentic-looking fake hair to mimic a real grooming session.
"My one big note from Jason at the start of season two was that we wanted Roy to appear like he wasn't in the best place," says Austin. Leading up to filming, Sudeikis also asked Goldstein to grow out his hair and beard to "look a little bit unkempt," she says.