Ryan Reynolds got unexpected phone call when he told Wrexham stars 'call me for anything'

A player left staggered after asking the Hollywood A-lister to order him a hire car. The Red Dragons are celebrating a third promotion in a row after finishing second in League One.

The Welsh side, who were playing non-league football just two years ago, are now just one level away from the . And, with the backing of co-owners Reynolds and , few would bet against them going all the way to the top flight of English football.

Reynolds and McElhenney have invested in the club emotionally as well as financially, building strong bonds with players, who will celebrate promotion with an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas this summer. Speaking on the Reynolds said: “It wasn't a strategy early on, we just wanted to connect with the players.

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“Every player, when they sign, we FaceTime them. We call them, we give them our info, we say, ‘If you need anything, call us.’

“We're here to help. That is our version of meddling with football. We don't make football decisions. There's other things that we can do. We're always trying to be proactive.”

However, the player, who will remain unnamed, asked a little too much of Reynolds, who amusingly recalled: “One player did call to ask me to rent him a car once. I said, ‘When I said call me for anything, anything at all, I meant a f****** kidney. I didn't mean like, how do I get you a Hertz rental car? Let's try next time.’”

Reynolds was at least flattered that the player felt he could go to him with such a mundane request. Explaining his approach to building bridges with the playing squad, he added: “I lean in instead of lean away. People don't like conflict and people don't like sadness, and I always find that like there's much less conflict and much less sadness when you lean into it, life outside of football.

“I know football is about winning and losing, but outside of football, deactivating that thing in my brain that needed to win all the time really was a game changer for me.”

Wrexham will again have to overhaul their squad as they prepare for the second tier, which will mean some heartbreaking departures. Reynolds said: “When they leave, oh God, it sucks, it's terrible. You want every single one of them to not only be fulfilled on the pitch, but you want them to have a plan.

“I still get on every film set, look around and go, ‘This might be a lot, they might figure me out on this one.’ So I always try to have a plan, you always try to think, ‘OK, in the worst case, this best case is that.’

“So I just try to talk to them about where they're headed, what their intentions are. Because if you don't do that [have a plan], you can be kind of flailing in the wind a little bit. And it's a hard sport, man. It's not too dissimilar to show business, [with] a lot of rejection.”

Ryan Reynolds' full interview with Andy Gilpin is available to listen to on the .

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