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Hollywood-style Wrexham sign put up next to A483

A huge Hollywood-style sign spelling out Wrexham has been erected alongside a busy trunk road near the town - a nod to the takeover of the Welsh town's football club by film stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

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The new Wrexham sign next to the A483

It is not known who is responsible for the enormous metal sign on the old spoil tip alongside the A483 at the junction for Rhostyllen.

But it is assumed to be connected to the take over of Wrexham AFC earlier this year by the Hollywood stars and buddies.

Ryan Reynolds is best known for his Deadpool role while Rob McElhenney is known for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

The pair plan to make a documentary about owning the football club but have not yet been able to fly into the UK to visit Wrexham because of Covid restrictions.

The new Wrexham sign next to the A483

Recently there was a special private screening of Ryan Reynold's new film, Free Guy, at Wrexham's Odeon cinema.

The screening was invite-only for frontline emergency service workers and charities, including Nightingale House Hospice and Blood Bikes.

Free Guy is about Guy, a bank worker who lives a Groundhog Day-style life until he realises he's only really a minor character in a fictional video game world.

Reynolds stars in the Disney science-fiction film alongside Killing Eve favourite and Liverpool actor Jodie Comer, 28, as well as Jojo Rabbit's Taika Waititi.

Wrexham compete in the National League, the fifth tier of English football, a fall from the big time which included a spell in the old second division, now the Championship, in the late 70s.

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