A real-life Ted Lasso?
Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney star in the new docuseries, Welcome to Wrexham.
Season one chronicles the real-life purchase of the struggling Wrexham Association Football Club, which is based in North Wales in the United Kingdom.
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“We had no connection; it was just a feeling,” Reynolds said. “It’s an underdog story.”
Reynolds and McElhenney purchased the team in 2020.
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— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) September 23, 2020
As for the comparison to the hit Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso, McElhenney told the Hollywood Reporter he has spoken to actor Jason Sudeikis about it.
“Jason called me not about football at all but about working with Apple because Ted Lasso had not even come out yet, and I have a show called Mythic Quest,” he said.
“I mentioned this football endeavor, and then he told me what his show was about, and I was like, ‘Oh man, we’ve got to get our show out before his,’ but I think they beat us by about two years.”
.@VancityReynolds and @RMcElhenney sat down with THR to talk about their new docuseries #WelcometoWrexham #THRNews pic.twitter.com/yIBTNbvUZZ
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 23, 2022
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The first two of 10 episodes of Welcome to Wrexham premiere on FX and Hulu on Aug. 24.
