Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney recall awkward moments with David Beckham (Image: Sky Sports)
Wrexham co-owners and Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mack have been prominently featured in recent days around the Red Dragons, who are aiming for promotion to the Premier League. At the same time, Phil Parkinson’s side were also in the FA Cup, reaching the fifth round of the tournament and drawing with five-time Premier League winners Chelsea.
The Blues played against the Red Dragons earlier this month, and both Reynolds and Mack were in the stands at the Racecourse Grounds. The team finished normally with 10 men following George Dobson’s red card in the 93rd minute, but the game ended in a 2-2 draw. Despite this, Chelsea ultimately won, with goals from Alejandro Garnacho and João Pedro in stoppage time sealing the Blues’ place in the quarter-finals against Port Vale.
On Friday, Reynolds and Mack were joint commentators on Sky Sports as Wrexham defeated Welsh opponents Swansea City in the league.
The pair took the opportunity before kick-off to reminisce about their unpleasant but amusing encounter with England icon David Beckham during their recent FA Cup setback.
“Yes, we will be doing a lot of FaceTiming during the game,” Mac said.
“In fact, during the Chelsea game, David Beckham was FaceTiming us and we were all trying to talk to each other, but Beckham couldn’t hear us.”
Reynolds then explained how the conversation ultimately involved “just kind of big facial expressions and mental work.”
While the result may not have been what Reynolds, Mack and the rest of Wrexham’s squad had hoped for, the Deadpool star stressed before kick-off the importance of the occasion and how it ultimately happened is still a pivotal moment for the Red Dragons.
Both were commentators on Sky Sports for the game against Swansea. (Image: PA)
“I think that was a huge moment for all of us. And the fact that we took Chelsea into extra time, extra time, a red card, six substitutes and we lost, it was an indescribable feeling for me… I’m too clumsy to put into words the feeling for this community, this city and this stadium,” he said.
Reynolds continued: “History is written by the winners, but sometimes the losers come out of the stadium victorious. And this club, this town, this team, we were all together in that moment and it felt like a victory.”
“It was definitely a big win to play a game like that under such tension. The Chelsea players came here at an absolute level. After the game we hung out together on the pitch and just chatted, and I don’t know, everyone had so much respect for each other in that moment, it felt real human and it was really beautiful.”
With their FA Cup ambitions on hold for another season and Championship victory now assured, Wrexham sit comfortably in sixth place in the league table with nine games remaining.
They currently occupy the final play-off spot in fourth place, six points behind Southampton and Derby County, who are seventh and eighth respectively, although Saints still have a game in hand.
