“We Didn’t Know a F**king Thing”: $350 Million Rich Ryan Reynolds Details ‘Difficult’ Struggles in Wrexham Town, With an Average Salary of $20, While Shooting ‘Welcome to Wrexham’

It was on August 24, 2022, soccer fans witnessed the first episode of the underdog story from Wales. You guessed it right. It was the date of release of the docuseries Welcome To Wrexham; the story revolving around Wrexham AFC and its new ownership. It showcased the learning phase for Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney as soccer club owners.

Apart from owners, it involved players and the Wrexham community. The docuseries was the first interaction between the owners and the community. But how things went while filming a community that earns a paltry $20 per hour average salary? The Deadpool star has spilled the beans.

The Wrexham community

Wrexham AFC is a regional club based in a smaller provincial town in North Wales. It competes in the lower tier of the English soccer pyramid. The club is yet to see the glamour of the Premier League. Such clubs have been an integral part of the community. Wrexham community has endured difficult times, and the soccer club is very close to them, as it was the distraction from those hardships.

The prime example of how the community loves Wrexham AFC takes us back to 2011. This year, there were significant doubts about whether the club will exist and keep playing in the fifth tier. But the fans rose to the occasion, and it just took several hours for them to raise thousands of dollars to keep the club functioning. 

When Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney decided to purchase the club, they were aware of how the community and the team faced difficult times. All that the community needed was passionate owners who cared about the club. The Hollywood duo realized the world should know the story of it and the fans. They decided to go for docuseries, and the idea of Welcome To Wrexham emerged. 

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But was it going to be easy to come with the cameras and start shooting by involving the community? Reynolds had his say.

Ryan Reynolds on struggles with shooting the docuseries

The Deadpool star said, speaking to Variety, “It was so weird. I think it’s easy to sit here and look at it like it’s a TED Talk, where we can say, ‘This is how we did it, and this is why we’re so great to have thought of this thing.’ But the truth is we didn’t know a f*cking thing when we went in there.” 

“We knew our hearts were in the right place. We knew we had an agenda that centered on them, not us. But other than that, we didn’t have a clue. Then you start to see what’s working, and water those plants a little more and watch them grow,” he added.

However, the community started getting involved with the owners and the docuseries. The fans started showing their confidence in the owners. Speaking on it, Reynolds added, “Suddenly people are embracing the cameras all around, and — not to be too esoteric about it — realizing that these cameras are communicating the story of Wrexham to the rest of the planet.”  

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Are you excited about the Welcome To Wrexham season two? Will it be more interesting than the season one?