As Vic Mackey on The Shield, Michael Chiklis is known as a corrupt police officer who is described as "a cross between Hannibal Lecter and Dirty Harry."  In real life, however, that's certainly not the case.  In fact, the 45-year-old actor cried as the crime drama wrapped up its seventh and final season.

As reported last week, details on how Vic Mackey's story ends aren't being disclosed but series creator Shawn Ryan promises that the crime drama will go out with a bang and is determined to give The Shield the ending that fans deserve.

“On the set when we wrapped the last episode, I felt like I was the leader of the show,” Chiklis told the Sun Times.  “I had to be strong for everybody.  So I stayed strong and let everybody meltdown on my shoulder.  Weeks later, I found myself by myself and it sort of struck me.  It was done.  Really over.  I had a cathartic cry for myself.”

“Interesting with me, I didn't shed a tear about The Shield until weeks after we wrapped.  I was by myself and then I let it rip,” he added.

While he laments over the conclusion of The Shield, Chiklis remains optimistic about what the future holds.

“It's all good.  It's an end of another chapter of my life,” he explained.  “Now The Shield becomes part of a greater body of work.  I'm a young man and there's a lot I can do.”

This month, Chiklis will be gracing the big screen as part of the action thriller Eagle Eye, which stars Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan.  Additionally, he has also been cast in the animated film The Legend of Secret Pass, which also features the voices of Ron Perlman, David Cross, Frankie Muniz, Cheryl Hines and Christy Carlson Romano, among others.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Sun Times
(Image courtesy of FX)