Ross and Marshall Von Erich recently appeared as a guest on The Two Man Power Trip Of Wrestling podcast for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
During the discussion, the tag-team veterans speak about the upcoming film, "The Iron Claw," about their legendary father and the photo of Zac Efron from the movie that has been making the rounds.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview.
Marshall gives his thoughts on the film, and how director Sean Durkin has been consulted with their father:
"No [the Von Erich family is not part of The Iron Claw film]. They’re making the movie. My dad is a public figure so they’re making the movie but, the director, I believe, he’s been contacting my dad and they’ve been talking and stuff and apparently, he’s a lifelong fan and he loves my dad, he wants to tell the story right and so we’re just hoping for the best. They seem like really good people and stuff and so, we’ll see. You never know with movies… Just like my brother was saying, he’s so different. People that know him, that really know him, you’ll probably never meet anybody like him. Some people that don’t know him would assume that he’s this good-looking pretty boy, Hollywood guy but, he wasn’t at all… I think if it’s told right, it’s gonna be a really, really great movie and I mean, it could be so many things. Of course, a love story, of course it can be sad, you know? With the deaths and the brothers but if you look at my dad, it’s not a sad story after… He told us death can do two things to a man. It can harden you towards the world and make you hate everything or it can break you down and make you compassionate towards those who suffer and my dad is one of the most compassionate men that I’ve ever met, with my children, with all the nieces and nephews, with us."
Ross and Marshall joke about the photo that circulated online of star Zac Efron, who is playing Kevin Von Erich in the film:
Marshall: "Dude, huge, I know [he said about the photo of Zac Efron on set of The Iron Claw]. My dad said, ‘All right man, relax. You’re looking too good’ [he laughed]."
Ross: "Yeah, he’s out there."
Marshall: "Might have to switch roles to uncle Kerry."
Check out the complete interview via the YouTube video embedded below. H/T to POST Wrestling for transcribing the above quotes.
