Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney ‘serious’ about Gareth Bale enjoying at Wrexham
Former Wales captain Bale was provided the chance to play for the Welsh membership following their promotion to the English Football League in April.
The five-time Champions League winner introduced his retirement on the age of 33 in January after main Wales to their first World Cup finals look since 1958.
In an interview for S4C broadcast on Tuesday, Welsh journalist Maxine Hughes requested if there was “seriousness” to McElhenney and Reynolds’ supply on Twitter and if they’re “actually trying to convince Gareth Bale to come and play?”
US actor McElhenney, 46, stated: “I think there’s seriousness from our side, but I don’t know that there’s seriousness from his. I think he’s happy.”
Deadpool star Reynolds, 46, stated: “I’m also weirdly happy for him to do exactly what he wants to do with his life.
“He’s given up so much for a sport that he loves. It’s fun, though. I like that we can kind of do some stuff that’s a little outside the box of convention when it comes to goofing around.”
He later added: “I didn’t think Ben Foster would be coming over and he did.”
Wrexham persuaded former Manchester United and England goalkeeper Foster to return out of retirement, resuming his profession in March and serving to the North Wales membership to promotion.
He memorably saved a last-minute penalty within the essential victory in opposition to title rivals Notts County.
Wrexham sealed their promotion to the English Football League after a 15-year absence with a 3-1 win over Boreham Wood on April 22.
Reynolds stated: “I think it’s slowly dawning on me, I’m still catching up to myself, I can’t believe that I’m in a place in my life where any sports team, let alone one I happen to somehow be a co-chairman of, has affected me this deeply.
“I feel like there was a DNA change when we lived through that Boreham Wood moment, and that match.
“I don’t know that I’ll ever be quite the same again. I live in a sort of constant, slightly perpetual state of elation and I don’t want to come back down from this cloud.”
Reynolds additionally stated he can not cease watching the sport highlights, describing it as “sort of an addiction”, and stated that he’s “emotionally connected” to each single participant within the membership.
He added: “I realise that this isn’t a sport for the soft-hearted, but to experience that moment and to bring that trophy home to Wrexham was probably at least the top one experiences of my life.”
“And I am aware that I have children,” he joked.