Iron Claw: Are Zac Efron and his partners real wrestling brothers?

Hitting theaters on January 24, Iron Claw is one of the most anticipated movie events of early 2024. Zac Efron reprises his role as Kevin Von Erich, a star wrestler from the 80s whose family is victimized by the series. tragedies.

Kevin and his brothers made professional wrestling history. Trained by their tyrannical father with an iron fist, they must fight in the ring and in life. Amidst dramas and triumphs, this new gem produced by A24 is inspired by their own history.

Director Sean Durkin chose Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson, Jeremy Allen White and Stanley Simons to play Kevin, David, Carrie and Mike. After intense physical training, the 4 actors brilliantly immersed themselves in these very challenging roles. Is the resemblance to the real Von Erich Brothers striking?

The actors were compared to the real von Erich

Zac Efron is Kevin Von Erich

Jeremy Allen White is Carrie Von Erich

Harris Dickinson is David Von Erich

Stanley Simmons is Mike Von Erich

Holt McCallan plays the father, Fritz von Erich

A tragic fate

Warning, the rest of this article contains spoilers. If you don’t know the true story of the Von Erich brothers and haven’t seen the movie, you can skip ahead.

While the father, Fritz von Erich (Holt McCallan), lived to be 68 (he died in 1997), five of his six sons died before him, three of them by suicide. The eldest, Jack Jr., died accidentally when he was six years old.

In 1984, David (Harris Dickinson) died of acute intestinal enteritis. Mike (Stanley Simons), Chris (Sean Durkin chose not to bring him into the film so as not to darken the story further) and Carrie (Jeremy Allen White) committed suicide in 1987, 1991 and 1993.

Zac Efron’s role as Kevin is the only one alive.

Iron Claw hits theaters on January 24th. It achieved over 5,000 admissions on its first day in France.