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Ryan Reynolds had a jam-packed weekend in Wales with some of his best mates, including Channing Tatum, as his soccer club Wrexham AFC took on Cambridge United.
The actor, 48, and Tatum, 44, took in the match on Saturday, December 14, alongside other pals including It Ends With Us star Brandon Sklenar and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
“A few friends came out for @wrexham_afc and we made the most of it… unforgettable 36 hours made possible by the warmth and beauty of the people in this town. There’s nothing like it. ⚔️🏴⚔️,” Reynolds wrote via Instagram, sharing photos from the weekend.
In the pictures, Reynolds posed at the game with his Deadpool & Wolverine costar Tatum, who also joined him at Wrexham pub The Fat Boar on Friday, December 13.
According to the BBC, the pair, as well as Sklenar, 34, snapped photos with fans at the bar and Reynolds took to the mic to wish customers a merry Christmas and offer to buy everybody a drink.
He joked: “If I don’t come visit each and everyone of you tonight in your homes, I just want to say happy holidays.”
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Reynolds and Tatum have become close following their time filming Deadpool & Wolverine, in which Tatum plays Gambit — a Marvel character he’s been wanting to bring to life for years.
“Gambit is a guy Chan was born to play,” Reynolds wrote via Instagram in August. “His story is similar to my road on Deadpool — in that Chan spent a decade trying to put the most comic-accurate version of Gambit on the big screen. Remy LeBeau is grafted to his soul and needs to come out and deal. Some characters can only exist with a one in a billion pairing and this is it. Gambit found his author in Chan. He’s one of the coolest, smartest characters in Comics and still largely unexplored. I want more — and from what I saw in theaters, you do too.”
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Reynolds continued: “Having the chance to say goodbye to some of these heroes is as important as having new characters to root for… and rooting for Gambit is easy. Rooting for Chan is even easier. He’s one of the greatest, hardest working, kindest people in this entire industry. I couldn’t be more thrilled to see @channingtatum pull Gambit from the dead and bring him to life at the perfect time and perfect way.”
Reynolds and Tatum watched Wrexham and Cambridge United’s match end in a 2-2 draw on Saturday, which will be tough for the team as their promotion rivals Wycombe Wanderers and Birmingham City both won, ESPN reported.
Wrexham, owned by Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney since 2020, have been flying high in their first season in English football’s third tier following back-to-back promotions. The docuseries Welcome to Wrexham, which follows the team, has had a significant impact on the club’s visibility and they have now secured a new global fanbase.
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Recently, there were rumors that Reynolds and McElhenney, 47, were pulling back from the club after they sold stakes to the upstate New York-based Allyn family — providing more than $600 million in capital to continue revitalizing Wrexham. But Reynolds told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Friday that the actors will “remain majority owners.”
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“The team is growing faster than anyone expected. There are needs that require a certain type of skill and people who have some experience in growing things. We chose the Allyn family because they have similar values that make Wrexham,” Reynolds said. “They’ve been revitalizing towns and communities for many years in upstate New York, and that’s why bringing them on didn’t cause a big stir.”
