Zac Efron Recalls Wrestler Kevin Von Erich’s Reaction to ‘The Iron Claw’: ‘It’s Far and Away the Most Important Review to Me’
variety.comClayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Could A24 wrestle another Oscar contender into the mix while already having two strong candidates with “Past Lives” and “The Zone of Interest”?
At the beginning of “The Iron Claw,” the narrator says the Von Erich family is cursed. Towards the latter half of the film, when the supposed curse has reared its ugly head, a man sitting directly in front of me with a woman begins to weep physically and audibly intensely.
The woman grabbed his head to comfort him, but it was proving too much for the gentleman, who grabbed his crutches and walked out of the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The woman quickly followed him. The two would return for the post-screening Q&A with writer-director Sean Durkin and cast members, Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Stanley Nelson. Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
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