{"id":68649,"date":"2025-09-18T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/the-senior-michael-chiklis-calls-playing-oldest-linebacker-legend-mike-flynt-daunting\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:48:30","slug":"the-senior-michael-chiklis-calls-playing-oldest-linebacker-legend-mike-flynt-daunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/the-senior-michael-chiklis-calls-playing-oldest-linebacker-legend-mike-flynt-daunting\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Senior&#8217; Michael Chiklis calls playing oldest linebacker legend Mike Flynt &#8220;daunting&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Emmy winner Michael Chiklis admits he was nervous portraying Mike Flynt, the oldest college football linebacker to ever play in NCAA history.<\/p>\n<p>Chatting about his new sports drama film, \u201cThe Senior,\u201d Chiklis exclusively tells our entertainment reporter Courtney Tezeno it was \u201cdaunting\u201d to say the least.  At 59 years old, Flynt rejoined his college football team that he was kicked off of in 1971 and returned almost four decades later to his alma mater Sul Ross State in Texas, where he made history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, it was daunting because he was on set with us every day,\u201d the actor said. \u201cI was the guy right there playing him, so it was difficult at first. But then he made me feel really at ease. His wife is lovely. They were really supportive, and they weren\u2019t obtrusive, so that was huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chiklis, 62, said he was \u201cfired up\u201d to play his character, revealing he was the captain of his high school football team up until his senior year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a solid ball player. I could have played Division II football. I was offered several scholarships to play, but I want to keep my teeth,\u201d he joked. \u201cI love competitive sports. The only difference is, Mike did it at 59that&#8217;s just not normal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Flynt\u2019s true story inspire Chiklis, but \u201cThe Senior\u201d is a movie adaptation of a book of the same title, where Lebron James, who is the NBA\u2019s oldest basketball player, wrote the foreword.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, I think anybody who&#8217;s ever played a sport, male or female, I don&#8217;t care what competitive sport it is, we all wake up and look at the ceiling and think about that moment, the thing, the regrets you have, and the things that you wish you had done differently, and that little triumphs too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Angel Studios-produced film is a redemption story directed by Rod Lurie. Chiklis stars opposite Rob Corddry as Coach Sam Weston, Brandon Flynn as his son Micah Flynt, and Mary Stuart Masterson plays his wife Eileen Flynt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI adore her. 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