Ryan Reynolds was fraught with nerves before Wrexham's historic promotion
Ryan Reynolds was "adult diaper nervous" before Wrexham's latest promotion.
The Welsh football club made history earlier this year by becoming the first team in the English league system to win three consecutive promotions and the Deadpool actor - who co-owns the club with fellow Hollywood star Rob McElhenney - has revealed his fragile emotional state before the historic feat was achieved.
Speaking in the finale of the fourth season of documentary Welcome to Wrexham, Ryan said: "I feel very nervous, like, very very nervous.
"Like, adult diaper nervous."
Ryan's nerves came before Wrexham's promotion rivals Wycombe Wanderers lost 1-0 to Leyton Orient in April, which allowed the club to seal promotion to the Championship by beating Charlton Athletic 3-0 later that day.
The 48-year-old star explained: "That was the moment I think all of us, everybody, the entire town, went 'Holy s***, this could happen.'
"We could not only be promoted, but we could make history while doing it."
Rob revealed that his aim was to guide Wrexham to the Premier League when he and Ryan purchased the club in 2020 and stated that "no one's laughing" at his ambition anymore with the team just one division away from the top-flight.
The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star said: "I just want to bask, would you just let me bask? We'll talk about the championship next year.
"A few years ago, we were not in the English Football League. They asked us what was our goal, and I said the Premier League and people laughed. No one's laughing anymore... Now we're one away from the Premier League. It doesn't make any sense, it defies all rational thinking."
Meanwhile, Reynolds credited the people of Wrexham for making the promotion possible.
He said: "A back to back promotion doesn't happen. The only place it could happen is here. Wrexham's the only place that this kind of historical miracle could happen in.
"Because of the town, because of the club, because of its history, because of its sadness, because of its joy, because of its perseverance and all of that comes together to make miracles, and that is doing a Wrexham."
The Free Guy star explained earlier this year that he would "never get bored" of owning Wrexham as he has become addicted to football since getting involved with the club.
He told Wrexham supporters podcast Fearless in Devotion: "I'm glad it happened when we are at the age I'm at. Because I don't think this is something I would have been able to handle any younger. I wouldn't change anything about my time here. I don't know how you get bored with something like this.
"I love this sport so much now that now I hate it too – I really feel that in my cells."
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