Nearly six decades after playing football in Tallahassee, Burt Reynolds is back on the gridiron, albeit a little further north this time. And in a decidedly different role.
The former Florida State Seminole and current actor made an appearance inside of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium as he’s shooting a film titled Dog Years with Ariel Winter. As Wes Rucker of 247Spots.com wrote, Dog Years is “an upcoming dark comedy movie about an emotionally unstable young woman (Winter) who’s assigned to be the driver of an aging former movie star (Reynolds).”
And how do we know Reynolds was inside of the football home of the Vols? Because Winter, a star of Modern Family, posted a picture of her and Reynolds in the stadium.Actual day 1 with Burt ❤️ #film #set #dogyears pic.twitter.com/Zk6NeifWzB
— Ariel Winter (@arielwinter1) June 6, 2016
What role Neyland Stadium plays in the plot of the film is unclear.
The 80-year-old Reynolds played football for the Seminoles in the mid-fifties before injuries derailed what was a once-promising collegiate career. Here’s Reynolds’ official bio from the FSU website: