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If you follow the traditional rules of storytelling, you could be forgiven for thinking that \u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d may be coming to an end. After Season 1 of the FX docuseries introduced the Wrexham A.F.C. as underdogs that desperately needed a promotion in order to survive, Season 2 ended with the Welsh soccer team getting that league promotion in a nail-biting match against Boreham Wood. That season won five Emmys, including Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. If this were a movie, ending on top would make sense.<\/p>\n
But the team\u2019s owners, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, don\u2019t see it that way. The two actors exec-produce the show and are eager to follow the oldest football club in Wales as long as FX will allow them to do so.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal, ultimately, is to document the rise of the club and the town for as long as we possibly can because it is just a wellspring of story,\u201d McElhenney said in a joint interview with Reynolds. \u201cWhen I hear people say, \u2018Well, eventually you\u2019re going to run out of stories,\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Really? Because we haven\u2019t for thousands of years.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds agreed, noting that from the duo\u2019s first visit to the town with a population of 45,000, interesting stories were just \u201cfalling off the tree.\u201d One example involved the town vicar, who the two Americans met at what the \u201cDeadpool\u201d star describes as an \u201cincredible,\u201d \u201cancient\u201d church. After chatting with them, the vicar excused himself and said he had to perform an exorcism.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat didn\u2019t even make it into the show,\u201d McElhenney said. \u201cSo Season 5,
\nwe might just do a whole season on exorcisms. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d ostensibly started as a reality series about two clueless Hollywood stars buying a struggling football club. But since its premiere in 2022, the FX original has become much more than that. From episode to episode, the series shifts in tone. One moment it could focus on McElhenney using the club as a way to prank Reynolds, casting the co-owner as a petulant child. The next, it\u2019s a cutesy infomercial about the history of Wales or how the football league system works. We might even get a deeply empathetic exploration into what the club means to a fan with autism.<\/p>\n
Part of the reason the series has been able to balance these disparate tones while coming from the very people who own the club has to do with its honesty. \u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d isn\u2019t afraid to tell its story \u201cwarts and all,\u201d according to Reynolds, even if that means showing McElhenney in the middle of an ugly argument or interviewing fans who are distrustful of these new Hollywood owners. <\/p>\n
Reynolds said that it\u2019s \u201cmore interesting\u201d to look at their football club without rose-colored glasses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe town of Wrexham has inspired so many people globally because (a version of) that town exists all over the world with people who feel like they\u2019ve been left out or nothing good will ever happen to them or that prosperity is never going
\nto find them in the system,\u201d Reynolds said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m used to looking at myself in editing rooms for \u2018It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\u2019 for 20 years and choosing comedy over vanity or choosing storytelling over vanity,\u201d McElhenney said. Though \u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d is \u201ca bit more difficult because now I\u2019m not playing a character,\u201d his dedication to what\u2019s important has remained. He admitted there were some scenes that he \u201cwas not necessarily ashamed\u201d of, but that showed him in a way \u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to present myself to the world. <\/p>\n
\u201cI knew that they would have to go in because it\u2019s compelling,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s funny, but ultimately, it\u2019s honest. And so those moments stay in the show.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJust to piggyback on that, talent can create something incredible,\u201d Reynolds added. \u201cYou can even make something incredible through ego. But vanity will f\u2014ing destroy you every time, particularly when crafting a movie, show or anything that is trying to connect with people. You cannot connect with people through the prism of vanity.\u201d<\/p>\n
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