Hugh Jackman signed up with Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney as he went to Wrexham AFC’s very first video game back in the Football League.
Jackman, 54, understood for his functions in X-Men and The Greatest Showman, published images of himself with the duo, who purchased Wrexham AFC in 2020, on his social networks platforms and said: “Finally snagged an invite. Thanks Wrex.”
On Saturday, the trio seen Wrexham bet Milton Keynes Dons, who had actually been relegated from League One in May, or the group’s very first video game in football’s 4th tier because 2008.
Wrexham won the National League title last season with 111 points and won promo to the Football League after 15 seasons of playing in the fifth-league of football, the semi-amateur National League.
The X-Men star has actually been friends with Reynolds for many years, and has actually been shooting scenes as Wolverine for his upcoming Deadpool follow up, which has actually now stopped briefly production amidst the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike.
Jackman isn’t the very first popular face to grace the Racecourse as they routinely welcome their celeb pals to video games, which have actually consisted of star Paul Rudd, director Joe Russo, and comic, Will Ferrell and Reynold’s partner, fellow star Blake Lively.
Following their takeover of the club for £2million, Reynolds and McElhenney recorded Disney+ series Welcome To Wrexham – which records the development of the Welsh football group.
Reynolds and McElhenney had actually collaborated to buy the 5th tier Red Dragons in the hopes that they might turn the club into an underdog story.
A 2nd season of the documentary is slated for release in the UK on September 13.