Ryan Reynolds Told Bublé and Drew Scott: 'Don't Do It!' Before Hockey Doc

When two high-profile Canadians decide to pull back the curtain on their shared passion for hockey, it makes sense that a third high-profile Canadian might have some thoughts on the matter. Michael Bublé and Property Brothers star Drew Scott recently revealed that Ryan Reynolds — himself no stranger to the complicated intersection of celebrity and sports ownership — urged them to reconsider the entire venture before a single frame was shot.

A Docuseries Born from Decades of Friendship

Bublé and Scott, longtime friends united by their Canadian roots and their love of the game, are part-owners of the Western Hockey League's Vancouver Giants, a franchise that last hoisted a championship in 2007. Their new six-part Prime Video docuseries, Hometown Giants — now available to stream in full — chronicles the team's 2025–26 season, placing viewers in the dressing rooms and corridors where very young, aspiring players navigate the relentless pressures of chasing an NHL career. The series belongs to a tradition of sports access documentaries that, at their best, function as something closer to character studies than highlight reels, and early indications suggest Hometown Giants leans into that more human dimension.

Reynolds' Candid Advice

According to Collider, which conducted an exclusive interview with both men, Reynolds delivered his assessment with characteristic directness, telling Bublé and Scott simply, "Don't do it!" The warning carries a certain weight coming from Reynolds, who has become one of the most visible celebrity figures in the sports-ownership space through his involvement with Wrexham AFC, a venture that itself spawned the acclaimed docuseries Welcome to Wrexham. Reynolds, in other words, understood the commitment — and the scrutiny — that follows when you invite cameras into a franchise you genuinely care about. It's the kind of counsel born from experience rather than pessimism, and both Bublé and Scott acknowledged it with the good humor that seems to define their friendship.

What They Learned Along the Way

Despite the warning — or perhaps because of it — the two pressed forward, and the process of making Hometown Giants appears to have deepened their appreciation for what the Giants organization means to its players and community alike. The series focuses heavily on the athletes themselves: teenagers and young adults for whom every game carries enormous professional stakes, all while they're still forming their identities off the ice. That tension between youth and ambition is the dramatic engine the docuseries runs on, and it's a subject matter that lends itself naturally to the kind of longitudinal storytelling that streaming platforms have made their own.

The interview itself, by all accounts, was far from somber. Bublé reportedly broke into an Elvis Presley impression before signing off — a reminder that however seriously these men take their roles as owners and now producers, they haven't lost the capacity to find levity in the moment.

Reynolds and the Celebrity Sports Owner Archetype

It's worth noting that Reynolds continues to cut a distinctive figure in the broader cultural conversation around celebrity athletes and the projects built around them. Whether he's crashing major Marvel panels or starring in new film projects like his Cold War comedy Mayday on Apple TV, Reynolds operates with a self-awareness that makes even his offhand warnings worth taking seriously. His advice to Bublé and Scott reads less as discouragement and more as an honest briefing from someone who has lived through the realities of blending ownership with a public-facing narrative.

For fans of hockey, celebrity culture, or simply well-crafted sports documentary work, Hometown Giants represents a genuine effort by two invested owners to share something they believe in — warnings from famous friends notwithstanding. All six episodes are streaming now on Prime Video.