Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, owners of National League side Wrexham FC, attended their first match on Tuesday night at the unlikely setting of Maidenhead United's modest York Road ground.
It must have felt about as far away from tinsel town as you can possibly get.
Their initial taste of English football, played in front of 1,600 spectators, saw them experience the full gamut of emotions that go with supporting, let alone owning, a lower league club.
The new owners of the Welsh club saw their team fall 2-0 behind their lowly opponents by half-time.
They fought back to make it 2-2, but this was not to be a Hollywood ending. Wrexham had a player sent off and Maidenhead went on to grab a 3-2 victory.
The two actors also had to put up with cheeky chants from the home crowd of "You bought the wrong club."
They will have to get used to that sort of thing in the coming months.
Despite the defeat, Canadian-born Reynolds appeared to enjoy his introduction to the football experience at grassroots level.
He commented passionately that "football is a staggering, heartbreaking, gorgeous, tommy-gun of soul-deadening evil and beauty and I'm never sleeping again ever, ever."
The actors were accompanied by a film crew making a documentary, Welcome to Wrexham.
Although this was their first visit to an actual game, Reynolds and McElhenney have been following Wrexham's matches streamed live to the US.
Despite the great expectations, the club hasn't had the best start to the season and are currently 11th in the table.
They were unlucky in their previous away fixture when leading comfortably 2-0 at Aldershot a heavy rainstorm made the pitch unplayable and the match was abandoned.
Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson, who in recent years has managed Sunderland and Bolton Wanderers, was sorry his bosses had to suffer watching a defeat at Maidenhead.
"I'm really disappointed for them," Parkinson said.
"But that's football -- it can be a brutal industry."
Wrexham supporter Andy Gilpin told reporters the presence of the stars gave their fans a big boost.
"Showing up at Maidenhead away isn't the sort of Hollywood entrance you would expect. It's a very low-key ground and to see two Hollywood stars in the stand I was gobsmacked," he said.
Reynolds and McElhenney are expected to attend today's home game against Torquay United at Wrexham's splendid Racecourse ground where they are likely to get a warm reception from supporters desperate for their team to get back into League Two and even further.
Attendances have been over 8,000 for home games, more than many clubs in the leagues above them.
When Wrexham were relegated from League Two in 2008, they dropped out of the Football League for the first time in 87 years.
By 2011 the club was in a desperate financial situation and the Wrexham Supporters Trust took charge.
The trust gave its approval for the Hollywood takeover and reaction from supporters has been positive.
"The town has been buzzing," said one supporter. "It's a dream come true for the fans."
Club director Spencer Harris enthused about the takeover: "They could easily have bought a club several rungs higher, but I think they are interested in the journey. It's very encouraging."
Nicknamed the Dragons, Wrexham have spent most of their time in the bottom two divisions of the Football League.
Their best period came in 1978 when they won the old Third Division and went on to play four seasons in Division Two.
Despite their lowly status, being regular winners of the Welsh Cup means that they have made a lot more excursions into European football than a club of their ranking would normally merit.
In 1975-76, they reached the quarter-finals of the old European Cup Winners Cup where they were beaten by Anderlecht.
But for the time being, all Wrexham fans want is to win promotion from the National League.
All they need is a bit of Hollywood glitter to rub off on them.