They laugh as he leaves and the door closes, but the camera is out in the hall, too. In Wales, Humphrey Ker, an actor and writer who’s Rob’s friend, takes over as the team’s executive director, and we’re in the room when he meets the players, most slumped back in their chairs, wearing red shirts, black athletic shorts, and skeptical looks on their faces. Humphrey Ker, TV writer and executive director of Wrexham AFC (Photo by Patrick McElhenney/FX) McElhenney shares footage of him celebrating the Eagles’ Super Bowl win, and “what it meant to an entire community of people.” Reynolds shares how his father was only interested in his success at sports, and how his “unquenchable thirst for validation” from his father has persisted even after his father’s death.
That access takes us into places such as the editing room of Netflix’s The Adam Project, and into the actors’ heads. So was this documentary series, which began filming before the purchase: a prescient decision and one that enables intimate access to two actors. More than that, I needed superhero movie star money.” A few DMs later-they met via social media-a partnership was born. McElhenney fell in love with football, decided to buy a club, but realized, as he tells the camera, “I have TV money. They’ve never met in person, but now they’re pitching themselves as the new owners of Wrexham AFC, the oldest football club in Wales. Celebrities: their Zoom calls have the same awkward setups as ours! Also on the call is McElhenney. The show jumps back in time, and we’re in the actors’ houses before a fall 2020 Zoom meeting, for which Reynolds has set up his laptop on an upside-down Purex box, his iPhone propped against a coffee mug, and as he tells us he’s sweating. Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds watch a football game (Photo by Patrick McElhenney/FX)
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