Kevin Von Erich Comments On Zac Efron’s Portrayal Of Him In ‘The Iron Claw’

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Wrestling legend Kevin Von Erich has reacted favourably to Zac Efron’s portrayal of him in the upcoming biopic The Iron Claw.

The film explores the tragic history of the Von Erich family, a wrestling dynasty which had several of its members suffer unfortunate fates.

He is a is a one-time world champion, having held the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship in December of 1978.

Speaking to TMZ about the film, Von Erich had the following to say about Efron’s portrayal of him:

“It’s going to be a hard job, I think,. It’s a lot of information and a lot of time, and so, they’ve got some tough work ahead of them, but I saw a picture of the guy (Zac Efron), and he looked great.

“Man, I don’t think I ever looked that good! I think they’re going to do great, I bet they do. I talked to the director, [he] seemed like a really nice guy.

“As far as he is concerned, I just saw this picture, and he looks really good and muscular. So my daughters told me that he’s doing quite a few [movies] in the [film world] — so I didn’t see him before, but he looked great though, so he must be working out hard.

“I’ll tell you, for the picture that they showed me at first and the picture they showed me the other day, he must really be working out hard because you’re right, he does have a good body.”

When asked if he would be watching the movie when it is released, Von Erich said:

“Oh yeah, I’ll watch it and it’ll be fun. We’ll all get together, maybe watch it out in the yard. We do that sometimes.

“We have a lot of children here, and sometimes we put a big screen up in the yard and we watch movies outside at night. We’ll probably do that with this one. It’ll be a lot of fun.”

A release date has not yet been scheduled for the film. The cast features Efron as Kevin, Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich, Harris Dickinson as David Von Erich, Holt McCallany as Fritz Von Erich and Stanley Simons as Mike Von Erich, as well as Lily James joining the cast recently.

Transcription courtesy of WrestleZone.

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