It doesn't matter what happens,
the rest of this season,
or maybe any season afterwards.
You see we in Saint Louis got to see
the greatest NFL story ever told a guy
who sat for four years in college?
Who stocked shelves and
played in the Arena League,
became a Super Bowl MVP.
We all thought it could be a movie
and now it is American underdog.
I sat down with Kurt and Brenda
Warner this weekend to discuss it.
So you watch the movie for the
very first time and as soon as
it's over, your first thought
is 1. I can't believe that we
just watched this and it reminded
me of how far we've come.
It just really shocked me to see
it happen in front of me where I
think how quickly we could have
lost everything by one decision.
Or, you know, an opportunity.
It just was fascinating to me
to watch it all out in screen
and someone that looks like me,
someone that looks like him.
It was weird. It was beautiful,
but weird.
And for me it was like going back an
hour and the first thing I thought
is you've lived this and it seems
like so long ago and then you kind
of freeze for a moment. Go holy cow.
I mean you think back to all of those
different moments that you've almost
forgotten along the way and the emotions
kind of start to take over again.
And you're like wow,
it has been an incredible journey
that we've been on and oftentimes
I think when you live it,
you forget all about that
and everybody else sees it.
And it was a time for us.
I think to step back and go.
And it's it's it's amazing where we're
at now and and what we've been through.
And that we've been able to do it together.
How much contact did you have with
the people who portrayed you?
I thought it was really important that
Zachary look like a football player.
Were you involved?
Very involved.
That was one of the key components.
And we've seen all the little blurbs
on social media about people that have
tried to throw a football before.
And, and I think oftentimes
in a movie like this,
you can lose people by going,
oh, that doesn't look anything
like you know football.
So that was definitely
part of when he first came.
He came for about three days when
he was cast for the movie and we
went out in the backyard and throw
the football around and I gave
him a little pointers here and
there and then at the same time
you take a step back and go with.
This is still an actor that
hasn't ever played football,
so we expect him to portray an NFL
quarterback is not an easy thing to do,
but it was fun to have him around
the family and feeling out our
dynamic and being able to apply
all of that to his room.
The most diabolical character
in the movie was Mike Marks.
And as you've written by the book,
it was true. He really was brutal,
yeah? He was and I thought, you know,
the character that played Mike and
just the whole dynamic between.
Me and Mike in the movie was
really really well done and it was.
It was key in a lot of different
ways to my development and for
me to get ready for that role.
Was my Kevin to ride me a little bit
and I remember the conversation we
had once I became the starter and he
basically just said there was no way
for us to know or to put you under
the pressure you're going to face when
you actually get behind center in the NFL.
So we had to do everything we could to
put as much pressure on you as possible
just to see if you could handle that.
And for us to feel comfortable putting
you in that role so it wasn't wasn't fun.
I remember a number of conversations
calling from training camp going Brenda.
I don't think I'm any good like I.
I don't think I'm going to make
this team because all I hear in
practice was you're awful.
You gotta do this,
but I gotta do that better.
But it was.
I think it was a really great part
of the movie in my development
and my growth as a person as a
player through that relationship.
So I know you are both too gracious to
say anything negative about the Rams.
But the big story in Saint Louis right now.
Is the lawsuit and there's
talk now that instead of a
settlement there could be a team.
I want you to address this
'cause you lived it.
Is this a great football city and
you think the NFL could work here.
You first
read it. Well, you know I don't
like football so I have no
opinion about the football team.
But I know this community and I remember from
day one feeling like we were part of it.
I remember putting a call out for
people to donate coats for those
in need and the city showed up.
They still do 21 years later.
I mean this city was amazing the way they.
I remember parking the car for Rams games
and just the feeling of a community
while you're walking into the stadium
and just everybody supporting this team.
That was a special time.
To me, what I realized in
football along the way was that.
Great football towns or great sports
towns are about the community.
They're about people coming out and
supporting and being a part of and being
connected to the teams that they have.
And there was no place and we had
love in different places that we were.
But Saint Louis was so special in
the way that they supported us
the way they supported the team.
What we did in that period of
time that that we were here.
There's no doubt that this is a
great sports town and they were a
great football town when we were
here and I would love to see.
Saint Louis have a football team
and continue to support in the
way that they supported us.
Final question.
Give me one sentence we have a
lot of couples watching this.
The key to your successful marriage?
What's the key?
No backing down no matter what.
We're in this together.
Bye bye. I when I present agree that there's
no options, the only option is to
figure it out and to work through it.
Because we started this thing together and
we're going to finish this thing together.