Deadpan Becks’ footie tips to Deadpool Ryan
Now the proud owner of Wrexham FC, Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds has been tapping up pal David Beckham for football tips.
Although he may just want to stare at his face. Well, there are worse faces to stare at... Ryan explains: “If you can just make heavy eye contact with Beckham for... about 20 seconds, your football knowledge grows exponentially. Sometimes I just FaceTime him and I’m just like, ‘Don’t speak. Just stare at me’.” The pair have been friends since Ryan, 44, quipped the footballer speaks like he “mouth-sexed a can of helium” in his film Deadpool. David, 45, took the dig sportingly and starred in an online skit where Deadpool apologises.
Earlier this year the pair, who own P Diddy drinks brands, united with to donate £700,000 to bartenders.
Speaking about purchasing the Welsh football club with It’s Always
Sunny in Philadelphia’s Rob McElhenney, Ryan explains: “The thing for me that really struck a chord about Wrexham was how intrinsically tied communities are to their football clubs... taking them back into the English Football League – that’s our goal and our hope, and we’re super
excited about it.” On today’s This Morning, while sampling Ryan’s gin straight from the Alison Hammond bottle, teaches him a handy Welsh phrase: “Hoffwn i gorff a Hugh Jackman.” charisma
(“I wish I had the body and charisma of Hugh Jackman.”) “I really kind of do,” says Ryan, of his friend and X Men co-star, another butt of Deadpool’s jokes. “I can’t stomach the man. He’s the nicest man on Earth and I find that threatening. He makes ice cream look like murder – that’s how nice Hugh Jackman is.” ■ Watch Alison and Ryan on This Morning today from 10am on ITV and catch up on ITV Hub.