Ryan Reynolds has bought a brand new house in London.

The ‘Deadpool’ star and his spouse Blake Lively have a splashed out on a £4 million property in south-west London as he shoots the third film within the superhero franchise – which has been placed on maintain because of the Hollywood actors strike – in Britain.

It had been reported earlier this 12 months that the Wrexham FC co-owner had purchased a £1.5 million house in Wales near the workforce’s Racecourse Ground however the pair – who’ve kids James, eight, Inez, six, Betty, three, and a child born in February collectively – felt that it made “more sense” to place down roots in London.

A supply near the Hollywood couple instructed the Mail on Sunday newspaper: “Ryan and Blake just love Britain, it has become a real second home for them. They have made some really good friends in the UK, so it made sense to have a proper base here.

“While they love Wrexham, numerous their work is going down in London so it appeared to make extra sense to be there reasonably than Wales. The UK is small in comparison with America, so nowhere is definitely that far.”

Ryan and his friend Rob McElhenney purchased Wrexham in 2020 and have overseen the club’s return to the English Football League (EFL) after a 15-year absence.

The 46-year-old actor has described owning the team as one of the most rewarding experiences of his life.

He told the BBC: “Genuinely talking it has been the best expertise of my whole life. This journey has been not like the rest. I like it as a result of it is a undertaking that is going to be multi-decades.”