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    The Iron Claw: The tragic story behind Zac Efron-fronted wrestling drama

    by Kevin E G Perry Dec 20, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: Eric Chakeen

    The Zac Efron-starring wrestling biopic The Iron Claw arrives in US cinemas this week.

    The new film from writer-director Sean Durkin stars Efron as real-life wrestler Kevin Von Erich, with Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich, Harris Dickinson as David Von Erich and Stanley Simons as Mike Von Erich. Holt McCallany also stars as the brothers’ father Fritz Von Erich.

    The Von Erich family are a real-life wrestling dynasty from Texas, who enjoyed enormous success throughout the Eighties.

    “The Von Erich brothers were the biggest rock stars in wrestling to ever come out of Texas,” Efron explained in a about the film, with

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