Why Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney Just Made an Ad for a Welsh Trailer Manufacturer

The actors announced their purchase of the Wrexham soccer team by showing love for its sponsor

A few million fans of comedy actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney probably hadn’t heard of Wrexham AFC before this week, when the two officially purchased the Welsh soccer team.

But the stars also want you to know about another British institution: Ifor Williams Trailers.

Why? Because the North Wales trailer manufacturer is the official kit sponsor of Wrexham, and the new owners wanted to show the company some love.

So they created a rather low-budget ad with big-budget Hollywood talent in hopes of getting you—assuming you’re a British livestock owner—to buy from Ifor Williams.

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