Blake Lively appears in the Welcome to Wrexham season 4 premiere — kinda.
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney came together in Wales for the Wrexham AFC opening match – recorded in August 2024 – in the latest episode of their successful FX docuseries, which aired on Thursday, May 15.
During the show’s debut, the two men share a moment on the field while Lively, 37, briefly appears in the background to allow her husband, Reynolds, 48, to give McElhenney, 48, a friendly kiss on the cheek. In the same scene, Reynolds is also captured placing a special gift in the Wrexham clubhouse.
“One of our owners, I can’t recall which one, is Deadpool, the beloved comic book character,” mentioned Humphrey Kerr, Wrexham’s community director, in a confessional. “In the most recent movie, several Wrexham AFC players made cameo appearances.”
Paul Mullin, the team’s star striker, portrayed Welshpool in 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine. Reynolds graciously gave the player’s costume to the team after the movie had been released.
Reynolds could be seen unveiling the costume during Thursday’s episode.
“Ladies and gentlemen, Welshpool. That’s gonna have some fun drunken nights in here, I think,” he quipped. “That is the actual suit. Unwashed, of course. He probably used it as a bathroom.”
During the unveiling, the camera panned to a crowd of people watching Reynolds. — including Lively, who was smiling at her husband’s antics.
Fellow Wrexham striker Ollie Palmer also made a cameo in the record-breaking Marvel film. The athlete teased his small role while chatting with Us Weekly exclusively before the movie hit theaters last summer.
“I would say Ryan’s [a] really creative guy. He’s a fantastic writer,” Palmer told Us at the time. “There’ll be some surprises in there, I’m sure — and mine might be a tiny one. If you blink on a certain surprise, you might miss me.”
He added, “It’s only a small thing, but it was good. It was obviously great to be around Ryan.”
Palmer also told Us that he’s down for anything that might come his way as a result of Reynolds and McElhenney’s antics — especially as one of the Welcome to Wrexham breakout stars.
“I do enjoy being in front of the camera,” Palmer said. “Some people don’t, some people hate it. Some people like it and don’t admit it. And some people do enjoy it, and I do enjoy it — and hate watching it. I hate watching myself, but I do actually enjoy it.”
New episodes of Welcome to Wrexham premiere on FX Thursdays at 9 p.m. and are streaming via Hulu the following day.
