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Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny confuse fans after using 'fake photo' in Disney documentary

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Updated 19:30 13 Oct 2023 GMT+1Published 19:28 13 Oct 2023 GMT+1

Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny confuse fans after using 'fake photo' in Disney documentary

Series two of Welcome to Wrexham landed on Disney Plus in September

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

Wrexham FC owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny have left fans slightly confused following the release of the second season of their documentary-series.

As we know all too well, the pair of Hollywood stars co-own the Welsh football team.

McElhenny and Reynolds have documented this over the years with the Disney+ series Welcome to Wrexham.

And following the team’s promotion to the English Football League Two after the 2022-23 series of the National League, season two of the docu-series was released last month (12 September).

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But there has been speculation from fans that the show has used a fake photo.

During the series, an image of what appeared to be Welsh labourers in a sepia-filter was shown. It shows what seems to be 12 blokes enjoying a drink and looking at the camera.

But a few features in the image led viewers to Reddit to suggest it’s not all quite as it seems.

Viewers reckon it's AI.
FX/ Welcome to Wrexham

So, the fellas seem to be having their drinks from silver tankards, there seems to be a floating beer jug and one man’s face looks to be distorted.

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And users declared: "This is almost certainly AI."

Suggesting hands as the best way to spot a photo that’s been made using AI, one user wrote: “There's the guy on the left with some wonky eyes and a peculiar unrealistic left hand.”

Using their best knowledge of history, users pointed out that silver tankards weren’t really used by working-class individuals as people found a ‘bunch of details’ to be wrong.

One wrote: “Let's assume this 'photo' was taken around the turn of the twentieth century. For comparison, the oldest surviving photo of Wrexham brewery is from 1910."

Another added that there’s a man on the far right that ‘looks like he’s straight out of a different era'.

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During the episode from season two of the docu-series, the backstory of Wrexham Lager beer brewers was told.

Under the stars' ownership, Wrexham got promoted.
Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images

It said: “In 1882, Otto Isler and Ivan Levinstein, two German immigrants to the UK who were unimpressed by the selection of local ales, set out to replicate the lagers they loved from back home.

“The result was Wrexham Lager, which they sold under the slogan, 'Absolutely pure and wholesome'. Over the next few decades, their endeavor grew.

"Wrexham gained in popularity, not just at home but abroad. It traveled the British army. Yes, it was enjoyed by local Welsh laborers, but it also was beginning to find customers as far away as Peru, the Sudan, and Australia."

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However, other users suggested: "I think it’s a real photo but AI-enhanced to make what would be a fairly blurry picture sharp. However, there are limits to AI technology."

LADbible has contacted Disney+ for comment.

Featured Image Credit: Matthew Ashton/AMA/Getty Images/ FX / Welcome to Wrexham

Topics: Wrexham FC, Disney Plus, Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, Celebrity, Football

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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