Tommy Dreamer may have liked The Iron Claw but believes that the film was hurt with some ’embellishing’ of the history of the Von Erichs.
On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Dreamer recalled seeing the film with his daughter. He said,
“Loved the movie, and she viewed that as that history. New audience, a Zac Efron audience, it’s just based upon a movie as opposed to real life.”
Dreamer added that the film embellishes some of the history of the Von Erichs, which he fears will become the newly-accepted ‘truth’. He said,
“The people [those seeing the film without prior knowledge of the Von Erichs] are gonna believe what they do, and in this modern day, you get destroyed over a piece of an interview that someone posts as opposed to listening to the interview. So, yes, that affects it, but I really enjoyed the movie.”
Dreamer also praised Holt McCallany’s portrayal of Fritz Von Erich. He said,
“The actor who portrayed Fritz Von Erich should be up there for his portrayal because it was spot on. The way he walked, talked…”
