Wrexham’s Hollywood owners on why they did it

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The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,, Premier League, Champions League, World Cup

4.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic's Pablo Maurer sits down for an interview with Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney about their ownership of Wrexham football club - and their new documentary charting the experience.

To set the scene, Pablo is joined by Mark Chapman & The Athletic's Nick Miller to discuss the rise of sports documentaries and why football clubs & footballers want to peel back the curtain in the first place.

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0:00.0	The Athletic
0:02.7	Coming up an interview with Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds
0:06.4	and Rob McElennie ahead of a documentary
0:08.5	about their ownership of Wrexham Football Club
0:12.2	and if that's not showbiz enough
0:13.7	I also have Pablo Maurer and Nick Miller
0:16.7	to tell us why football clubs and footballers
0:19.5	want to peel back the curtain in the first place.
0:22.4	I'm Mark Chapman. Welcome to the Athletic Football Party.
0:37.3	I've got with me Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny.
0:41.7	The new owners of Wrexham AFC.
0:44.4	What was the connection between you and Wrexham Football Club?
0:47.0	We had no direct connection.
0:48.8	It was just a feeling.
0:50.9	Rexham is a time that battles against odds constantly
0:54.9	but the thing that we love more than anything
0:58.5	is the football club
1:00.7	so coming up there are you guys
1:04.9	so coming up then an interview with the Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds,
1:16.0	who bought Rexham, and if you're not from the UK,
1:19.0	there are Welsh side that play in the fifth tier of English football,
1:22.5	alongside his fellow Hollywood actor Rob McElene.
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