Football fans give you more drama, pathos and excitement in 90 minutes of a beautiful game than Hollywood has ever squeezed into a three-hour blockbuster.
Watching Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds duke it out in the early hours of Monday morning (NZ Time) during a tense FA Cup showdown between Wrexham club AFC and Championship side Sheffield United (the three teams on top of them) is a perfect illustration of what they are. are meant
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Ryan Reynolds on the roller-coaster of football emotions at the Wrexham v Sheffield United match on Monday morning (NZ Time).
Hollywood news and gossip outlet Deadline described Reynolds’ reactions to the dramatic David v Goliath game as a rollercoaster of emotions.
Footage from the match, which was broadcast on ESPN in the US – a rare event for a match not including teams from the top tier of the Premier League, no doubt boosted by Reginald’s star power – showed him clutching his head one minute, the whistlers walking and roaring orders the next.
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At one point Reynolds, who flew to the UK to attend the game with his children, was also seen calling his lawyer and fellow soldier Rob McElhenney, and holding the phone so he could hear the cheers.
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Reynolds calls his lawyer, Rob McElhenney, on the fight, so he can hear it happily.
There aren’t many matches where the owner of a non-winning team will have the owner’s team celebrating with antistrophes as if they were winning.
Although not exactly the kind of “giant-killing” the FA is famous for (it wasn’t the stomping Bradford City v Chelsea 2015 4-2 win, for example, or even less good than the famous Wrexham 1992 win against 14-time winners Arsenal), the draw against teams just above them in the UK’s complex league system can only be seen as confirmation of Reynolds and McElhenney’s dominance.
The Deadpool star bought the club with partner Rob McElhenney in 2020 – the purchase and early ownership of the club was the subject of the documentary series Welcome to Wrexham.
Wrexham, however, did well when he was accepted.
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Wrexham fans, actor Ryan Reynolds came with his daughter, before the English FA Cup 4 match between Wrexham and Sheffield United at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham.
This season they were pushed into first place in the National League after Gateshead 3-0 on January 25. Only the top team in the league is guaranteed promotion to the EFL League Two, making Wrexham known the hard way last season when they lost the fall. second place in the playoff semi-finals.
That draw against Sheffield on Sunday prompted Reynolds to make what UK tabloid The Mirror described as a “crazy” promise to Wrexham fans: “We want to be in the Premier League, as crazy as it sounds to some people.”
“If it is theoretically possible to go from the fifth tier in professional football all the way to the Premier League, why aren’t we doing it? Why don’t we use the last drop of blood there? We’re in it for the ride. This is a multi-decade project.”
The date for the return at Sheffield’s Bramall Lane is yet to be set, although both teams will find out who their potential opponent will be in the Fifth Round on Tuesday morning (NZ Time).
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Dior Angus, left, and Ryan Reynolds in a scene from the documentary Welcome to Wrexham, which follows owners Reynolds and Rob McElhenney as they take on Welsh lower league side Wrexham AFC.
Welcome to Wrexham, is available to stream on Disney+.
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Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham made the FA Cup final last season.