AEW’s Matt Hardy was very impressed by A24’s ‘The Iron Claw‘ which delves into the lives, careers, and tragedies of the Von Erich family.
On a recent edition of his “The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy” podcast, Hardy shared his take on the new biopic and the response to Aaron Dean Eisenberg’s portrayal of Ric Flair. He said,
“I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought they did an excellent job telling the story of the Von Erichs. I know there was stuff moved around time-table wise and I know there was a brother that wasn’t even included in the movie and some of the other events were left out, but guys, they had two hours and a little change. That’s a lot of storytelling, to include all of those other things I feel like you’d need much, much more time. So, I was good. I was good with what they did. It packed a very powerful punch and it really came off as a sad, hard tragedy that the whole Von Erich family was.
“The more I watched [the Flair clip] back, it was very much not like Ric. I feel like it could have been closer but at the end of the day, I feel like someone that is a casual fan that doesn’t give a sh*t about pro wrestling, it doesn’t make a difference to those people. I think the people who got their panties in a wad are just people that are die-hard wrestling fans.”
Eisenberg’s portrayal of The Nature Boy has been widely panned by wrestling fans who feel the actor failed to convey an iota of the same charisma as Flair.
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