Mac told The Athletic he was inspired to buy his own club after watching the Sunderland FC Netflix documentary ‘Til I Die.
“The community of Wrexham – that is what always drew me in,” he said.
“I just kept looking at the faces of the people and they looked like me. Like people I grew up with.”
At that point, Reynolds and Mac had never met, with their only interaction being an Instagram message of praise from Reynolds about Mac’s comedy series, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
In need of “movie star money” for the takeover, the message led to Mac writing “probably one of the longest e-mails” to Reynolds, who was a virtual stranger.
But the pitch was convincing enough to get the Canadian actor interested.
After recruiting Reynolds, the pair began searching for a club and the story of their journey became the premise of a Disney+ docuseries Welcome to Wrexham, which earned 10 Emmys.
With their investment arguably as famous as their successful acting careers, Reynolds said his children get “frustrated” by the amount of people who want to talk to their dad about the club.
He said: “If we are walking down the street, I’ll get asked about Deadpool [by someone] and it’s usually a two or three-second conversation.
“If someone talks about Wrexham, I just turn right round and park it against a street pole. My kids are like, ‘oh no!'”